wile
Sly deceptive maneuver
Wile is a cunning trick or stratagem designed to deceive or manipulate: She used her wiles to get what she wanted.
The word often appears in the plural, suggesting a repertoire of subtle techniques rather than a single deception.
To wile away time is to pass it pleasantly, though this spelling is less common than while away.
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
chicanery · duplicity · deceit · stratagem · ploy · feint · hoax · sham
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- slyCleverly deceptive
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- artfulCleverly deceptive
astute · canny · scheming · calculating · devious · foxy · subtle · clever
Calculated strategy, often secretive
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
machination · contrivance · dodge · trick · device · expedient · tactics · intrigue
Attractive personal quality
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- enticementSomething that attracts
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
flirtation · coquetry · captivation · bewitchment · fascination · lure · magnetism · appeal
guile
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
artifice · chicanery · duplicity · deceit · stratagem · ploy · feint · hoax · sham · pretense
guile
Sly, strategic dishonesty
artful · astute · canny · scheming · calculating · devious · foxy · subtle · clever · sharp
scheme
Calculated strategy, often secretive
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
gambit · machination · contrivance · dodge · trick · device · expedient · tactics · intrigue · design
charm
Attractive personal quality
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- enticementSomething that attracts
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
temptation · flirtation · coquetry · captivation · bewitchment · fascination · lure · magnetism · appeal · cajolery
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- trapstrap, bear trap, mousetrap, rat trap, ant trap
- tricksmagic trick, card trick, card tricks, coin trick, rope trick
wilehonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
sincerity · candor · forthrightness · frankness · directness
wilenaivety
Innocent lack of experience
ingenuousness · innocence · guilelessness · simplicity · unworldliness
wileartlessness
Sincere, unfeigned manner
naturalness · genuineness · guilelessness · plainness · simplicity
- Wile E. Coyote
- wile awaySpend time aimlessly
- Wile E Coyote
- wily foxCunning, deceitful animal