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Synonyms & Antonyms of guile
1
skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means
- a shady salesman who usually relies on a combination of quick thinking and guile
Synonyms for guile
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- caginess
- (also cageyness),
- canniness,
- craft,
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- deviousness,
- foxiness,
- guilefulness,
- slickness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- subtleness,
- subtlety,
- wiliness
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2
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
- a person so full of guile he can't even be trusted to give you the correct time of day
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“Guile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guile. Accessed 4 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of guile was in the 13th century
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