Synonyms of stratagems

stratagems

noun

plural of stratagem

as in ruses

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

tried various stratagems to get the cat into the carrier, but the feisty feline was wise to them all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruses
• schemes
• devices
• tricks
• gambits
• artifices
• wiles
• ploys
• sleights
• jigs
• dodges
• shenanigans
• gimmicks
• sleights of hand
• knacks
• subterfuges
• deceptions
• juggles
• plays
• bluffs
• trickeries
• fetches
• feints
• duplicities
• chicaneries
• cunnings
• flimflams
• hoaxes
• crafts
• end runs
• swindles
• frauds
• juggleries
• fakeries
• duperies
• skulduggeries
• skullduggeries
• gaffs
• crookeries
• cozenages
• legerdemains
• smoke screens
• blinds
• fronts
• shams