Synonyms of tricks

tricks 1 of 2

noun

plural of trick

1

as in ruses

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

her husband used every trick in the book to get out of appearing in his parish's fashion show

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruses
• devices
• schemes
• stratagems
• sleights
• wiles
• artifices
• gambits
• jigs
• ploys
• sleights of hand
• dodges
• shenanigans
• gimmicks
• knacks
• deceptions
• trickeries
• juggles
• fetches
• subterfuges
• plays
• bluffs
• cunnings
• feints
• duplicities
• hoaxes
• flimflams
• chicaneries
• end runs
• juggleries
• crafts
• swindles
• duperies
• fakeries
• cozenages
• frauds
• legerdemains
• skulduggeries
• crookeries
• gaffs
• smoke screens
• blinds
• shams
• fronts

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as in pranks

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

thought that gluing the silver dollar to the floor and watching him struggle to pick it up would be a good trick

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pranks
• experiences
• adventures
• escapades
• antics
• practical jokes
• gags
• capers
• rags
• games
• times
• shines
• knaveries
• capriccios
• rogueries
• frolics
• didoes
• monkeyshines
• shavies
• plays
• jests
• performances
• waggeries
• stunts
• trickeries
• deeds
• deceptions
• maneuvers
• larks
• high jinks
• gambits
• hoaxes
• subterfuges
• ploys
• deceits
• ruses
• shenanigans
• feats
• missions
• stratagems
• tomfooleries
• wiles
• horseplays
• vagaries
• whims
• caprices
• frauds
• conceits
• rowdyisms
• whimsies
• delusions
• fancies
• hanky-pankies
• shams

3

as in rituals

a usual manner of behaving or doing

that deadbeat is up to his usual tricks: once again he's claiming the check is in the mail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rituals
• habits
• ways
• practices
• customs
• tendencies
• patterns
• routines
• fashions
• inclinations
• styles
• modes
• habitudes
• wonts
• manners
• uses
• turns
• characteristics
• bags
• addictions
• conventions
• traits
• usages
• proclivities
• dispositions
• grooves
• affectations
• sets
• bents
• quirks
• attributes
• forms
• drills
• regimes
• ruts
• regimens
• mores
• peculiarities
• poses
• eccentricities
• tenors
• airs
• tics
• singularities
• rotes
• oddities
• kinks
• deportments
• jog trots
• marks

4

as in feats

an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness

it'd be quite a trick to hit that target from here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feats
• stunts
• numbers
• deeds
• achievements
• exploits
• performances
• tours de force
• successes
• coups
• accomplishments
• triumphs
• adventures
• attainments

5

as in traits

an odd or peculiar habit

a dog with the trick of eating cabbage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traits
• mannerisms
• characteristics
• habits
• quirks
• twists
• idiosyncrasies
• peculiarities
• eccentricities
• quips
• tics
• singularities
• curiosities
• oddities
• kinks
• crotchets
• attributes
• practices
• ways
• tendencies
• patterns
• affectations
• quiddities
• erraticisms
• individualisms
• properties
• characters
• attitudes
• customs
• airs
• personalities
• addictions
• perversions
• abnormalities
• identities
• proclivities
• inclinations
• predilections
• propensities
• predispositions
• geniuses
• bents
• wonts
• humors
• dispositions
• partialities
• leanings
• temperaments
• marks
• penchants
• natures
• turns
• individualities
• neuroticisms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conformities

tricks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of trick

as in fools

to cause to believe what is untrue

you tricked me into thinking my ex wasn't coming to the party tonight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fools
• deceives
• kids
• teases
• suckers
• cheats
• hoaxes
• dupes
• misleads
• gaffs
• cons
• deludes
• humbugs
• hoodwinks
• misguides
• cozens
• strings along
• spoofs
• juggles
• bamboozles
• stings
• gulls
• bluffs
• misinforms
• has on
• catches
• beguiles
• sucks in
• takes in
• does a number on
• snows
• snookers
• fakes out
• has
• burns
• hornswoggles
• buffaloes
• gammons
• leads one down the garden path
• pulls one's leg
• sticks
• swindles
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• hustles
• puts on
• flimflams
• diddles
• defrauds
• chisels
• rooks
• shortchanges
• fleeces
• bleeds
• mulcts
• skins
• squeezes
• euchres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• uncovers
• unmasks
• shows up
• debunks
• divulges
• discloses
• tells
• undeceives
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disillusions
• disabuses
• disenchants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tricks

Noun

Homemade enchiladas might sound like a laborious weekend project, but with a few clever tricks, this version made with black beans and pumpkin can be whipped up on even the most hurried of work nights. — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026

Chinese robotics startup LinkerBot has demonstrated the dexterity of its new robotic hand by teaching it to perform magic tricks. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

While some of its high-level LLM tricks are downright goofy, essential features like live captions, translations, and mini-map navigation perform admirably. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026

Collier has been up to her old tricks, scoring in bunches and contributing a ton of rebounds. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

The List is full of her signature folk-rock tricks, looking back on her long, twisted, remarkable life in music. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

In this go-round, all the franchise’s favorite tricks have lost their impact, and its provocations ring hollow. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Buttons Undone One of the simplest tricks for making a button-down shirt feel fresh and fancy? — Aemilia Madden, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2026

My father was the man of tricks, who sat for an hour mining a watermelon with a circular spoon, who carved the rind into a castle. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Verb

Twenty-one players, two tribes — there’s still tricks up host Jeff Probst’s sleeve. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Mykal-Michelle Harris from Raven’s Home guest stars as Ruby, a mischievous moon imp who tricks Vee. — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 22 Sep. 2026

Short crown layers build lift and help create volume, which tricks the eye into seeing more density overall, and face-framing pieces create visual fullness around the face. — Marci Robin, Allure, 11 Aug. 2026

Lord Ormund’s Gambit Lord Ormund has many, many tricks up his green sleeves. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

In effect, RedHook tricks the phone into connecting to its own powerful debugging controls, giving the malware deeper access without a computer. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Exterior walls, similarly, may be warmer than an interior wall, which tricks the thermostat and causes the AC to run longer than necessary. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 15 July 2026

Cthulhu, who tricks the Minions into releasing his friends from purgatory. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 June 2026

Removing fading flowers and their seed pods tricks the plant to redirect its energy from producing seeds to producing more scapes and flower buds, as well as putting energy into root development and storing energy for the next growing season. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 June 2026