Synonyms of hanky-panky

hanky-panky

noun

as in skullduggery

the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end

had to resort to a certain amount of hanky-panky to sneak away from the house without his dog seeing him

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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