Synonyms of gambit

gambit

noun

as in ruse

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

I couldn't tell whether her earlier poor-mouthing had been sincere or just a gambit to get me to pick up the dinner check

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruse
• scheme
• trick
• device
• stratagem
• ploy
• jig
• dodge
• sleight of hand
• fetch
• bluff
• knack
• gimmick
• flimflam
• sleight
• wile
• deception
• play
• cunning
• artifice
• feint
• subterfuge
• juggle
• shenanigan
• trickery
• chicanery
• duplicity
• skullduggery
• hoax
• swindle
• skulduggery
• end run
• swindling
• legerdemain
• jugglery
• cheating
• fakery
• fraud
• sham
• gaff
• crookery
• blind
• smoke screen
• craft
• cozenage
• front
• dupery

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