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guile

/ɡaɪl/

Synonyms of guile Antonyms of guile Examples of guile Usage of guile Parts of guile Definition that contains guile Words sounding like guile Explanation of guile

noun
the quality of being crafty
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craftiness deceitfulness

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disingenuousness
noun
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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chicane chicanery shenanigan trickery wile

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dissimulation dissembling deceit deception
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shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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craft craftiness cunning foxiness slyness wiliness

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astuteness perspicaciousness perspicacity shrewdness

Definition that contains guile

naive marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
decoy a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
salome woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
naif marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
steerer a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)