Gamesmanship
Gamesmanship noun - The use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end.
Usage example: that author doesn't go in for literary gamesmanship, so the reader is never led astray by the novel's narrator
Slyness and gamesmanship are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slyness" instead a noun "Gamesmanship".
Nearby Word: game
Slyness
Slyness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Gamesmanship and slyness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gamesmanship" instead a noun "Slyness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- device and gamesmanship
- device and slyness
- trick and gamesmanship
- trick and slyness
- deception and gamesmanship
- deception and slyness
- art and gamesmanship
- art and slyness
- ruse and gamesmanship
- ruse and slyness
- artifice and gamesmanship
- artifice and slyness
- cunning and gamesmanship
- cunning and slyness
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Slyness and Gamesmanship. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gamesmanship/slyness
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