Artifice
Artifice noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: a crook who is a master of artifice and manipulation
Prevarication and artifice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prevarication" instead a noun "Artifice".
Nearby Words: artificial, artificer
Prevarication
Prevarication noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.
Artifice and prevarication are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Artifice" instead a noun "Prevarication".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- falsehood and artifice
- falsehood and prevarication
- deception and artifice
- deception and prevarication
- dodge and artifice
- dodge and prevarication
- cunning and artifice
- cunning and prevarication
- evasion and artifice
- evasion and prevarication
- lying and artifice
- lying and prevarication
- fraud and artifice
- fraud and prevarication
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Prevarication and Artifice. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/artifice/prevarication
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