1. (noun)craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception Synonyms: foxiness, chicanery, cunning, workmanship, shenanigan, slyness, craftiness, wiliness, trickery, chicane, craftsmanship, trade, craft, deceitfulness, wile, guile
2. (noun)craftiness, deceitfulness, guile the quality of being crafty Synonyms: foxiness, cunning, guile, shenanigan, slyness, deceitfulness, wiliness, trickery, chicane, craft, craftiness, wile, chicanery
3. (noun)trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) Synonyms: deceitfulness, trickery, cunning, wile, hocus-pocus, devilment, rascality, skullduggery, devilry, jiggery-pokery, roguishness, slickness, mischief-making, chicanery, mischievousness, shenanigan, craftiness, guile, hanky panky, foxiness, roguery, wiliness, craft, mischief, slyness, deviltry, skulduggery, chicane
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'guile'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. guile A contrivance or device may be either good or bad. A cheat is a mean advantage in a bargain; a fraud, any form of covert robbery or injury. Imposture is a deceitful contrivance for securi Synonyms: artifice, art, craft, finesse, invention, stratagem, blind, cunning, fraud, machination, subterfuge, cheat, device, guile, maneuver, trick, contrivance, dodge, imposture, ruse, wile Antonyms: artlessness, frankness, ingenuousness, openness, sincerity, candor, guilelessness, innocence, simplicity, truth, fairness, honesty