English dictionary

guile

/g/aI/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

noun.cognition

Synonyms craft craftiness cunning foxiness slyness wiliness

Source: WordNet 3.0
the quality of being crafty

noun.attribute

Synonyms craftiness deceitfulness

Source: WordNet 3.0
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

noun.act

Synonyms chicane chicanery shenanigan trickery wile

Source: WordNet 3.0
Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

noun

Source: webster1913