Synonyms of chicanery

chicanery

noun

as in deception

the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end

that candidate only won the election through chicanery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• treachery
• skullduggery
• subterfuge
• skulduggery
• deceptiveness
• trickery
• gamesmanship
• jugglery
• artfulness
• secrecy
• legerdemain
• deceit
• cunning
• chicane
• jiggery-pokery
• stealth
• scheming
• hanky-panky
• duplicity
• deceitfulness
• artifice
• plotting
• wile
• underhandedness
• hypocrisy
• dishonesty
• deviousness
• shrewdness
• slyness
• slipperiness
• insincerity
• double-dealing
• sneakiness
• shadiness
• crookedness
• slickness
• craftiness
• shiftiness
• fakery
• quackery
• crookery
• dissimulation
• guile
• humbuggery
• design
• oiliness
• imposture
• wiliness
• caginess
• cageyness
• sharpness
• dupery
• dirty pool
• foxiness
• dirty tricks
• guilefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• artlessness
• forthrightness
• ingenuousness
• guilelessness
• candor
• directness
• openness
• plainness
• candidness
• plainspokenness

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• sincerity
• artlessness
• forthrightness
• ingenuousness
• guilelessness
• candor
• directness
• openness
• plainness
• candidness
• plainspokenness

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