GAMESMANSHIP Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

gamesmanship

noun

ˈgāmz-mən-ˌship

as in deception

the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end that author doesn't go in for literary gamesmanship, so the reader is never led astray by the novel's narrator

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Recent Examples of gamesmanship Other throwaways made it on the list thanks to Bieber’s gamesmanship or Billboard’s methodological quirks. —

Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Maybe Brown kept the pick-and-rolls, the dribble hand-offs, the give-and-go actions tucked as a form of gamesmanship so as to not tip his hand entering the playoffs. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026 In some possible gamesmanship, South Carolina will start junior right-hander Nealy Lamb. —

Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026 Speaking of which… How might the gerrymandering gamesmanship between the parties play out in the fall? —

Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gamesmanship

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What begins as a small con deepens when the painter’s shrewd agent (Gilles Lellouche) spots an opportunity, encouraging Suzanne to continue the deception as a way to revive his client’s creativity — and bankroll them both.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Olivia Beech, America’s youngest female sommelier, tragically lost her sense of taste during COVID, but relied on her sharp sense of smell until she was fired for her deception.

— Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026