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ploys

noun , plural of ploy

Synonyms and Antonyms of ploys

1 a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party

Synonyms of ploys

artifices, devices, dodges, fetches, flimflams, gambits, gimmicks, jigs, juggles, knacks, plays, ruses, schemes, shenanigans, sleights, stratagems, tricks, wiles

Words Related to ploys

bluffs, end runs, feints

chicaneries, cozenages, crafts, crookeries, cunnings, deceptions, duperies, duplicities, fakeries, juggleries, legerdemains, skulduggeries (or skullduggeries), subterfuges, trickeries

frauds, gaffs, hoaxes, shams, swindles

blinds, fronts, smoke screens

Phrases Synonymous with ploys

sleights of hand

2 a time or instance of carefree fun

wanted one grand ploy through Europe before settling down and raising a family

Synonyms of ploys

binges, flings, frisks, frolics, gambols, idylls (also idyls), larks, revels, rollicks, romps, sprees

Words Related to ploys

capers, escapades, pranks

benders, brannigans, bums, busts, carouses, souses, splores [Scottish], toots

antics, monkeyshines, shenanigans

festivities, merriments, merrymakings

enjoyments, indulgences, pleasures, self-indulgences

amusements, diversions, entertainments, recreations

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