Synonyms of jiggery-pokery

jiggery-pokery

noun

as in deception

the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end

the judge ordered the corporation to hand over all records, with no jiggery-pokery about unexpected problems and missing information

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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