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GUILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Synonyms:
chicane; chicanery; guile; shenanigan; trickery; wile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("guile" is a kind of...):
deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guile"):
dupery; fraud; fraudulence; hoax; humbug; put-on (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
jugglery (artful trickery designed to achieve an end)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being crafty
Synonyms:
craftiness; deceitfulness; guile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("guile" is a kind of...):
disingenuousness (the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Synonyms:
craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; guile; slyness; wiliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("guile" is a kind of...):
astuteness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity; shrewdness (intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings))
