Synonyms of trickery

nounDeception, deceit or underhanded behavior.

• fraudulenceThe condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
• underhandednessThe characteristic of being underhanded.
• deceitAn act of deceiving someone.
• deceitfulnessThe state or quality of being deceitful; duplicity.
• deceptivenessThe state or quality of being deceptive.
• dissimulationThe act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
• duplicity
• perfidyA state or act of deceit.
• deceptionAn instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
• imposition formal
• hype
• duperyThe act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
• fiddle
• fetch
• hocus-pocusReligious or supernatural phenomena one holds to be nonsense or mere trickery; superstitious mumbo-jumbo.
• juggleryTrickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
• legerdemainA show of skill or deceitful ability.
• list
• mislead
• prestidigitationA show of skill or deceitful cleverness.
• ruseCunning, guile, trickery.
• sleight of handAny form of clever or skillful trickery or deception.
• subterfuge
• fraudulency datedFraudulence.
• Punic faith archaicTreachery, deceitfulness, bad faith.
• rinky-dink archaicDeceptive or underhanded rigmarole; deception, trickery; (countable) often preceded by the: an instance of this; a...
• swack UK, dated