Machinations
Ploy and machinations are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Machinations".
Ploy
Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Ploy
Machinations and ploy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Machinations" instead a noun "Ploy".
Nearby Word: ployed
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deception and machinations
- deception and ploy
- plot and machinations
- plot and ploy
- scheme and machinations
- scheme and ploy
- stratagem and machinations
- stratagem and ploy
- intrigue and machinations
- intrigue and ploy
- maneuver and machinations
- maneuver and ploy
- machination and machinations
- machination and ploy
How words are described
| good | good machinations | good ploy |
| elaborate | elaborate machinations | elaborate ploy |
| obvious | obvious machinations | obvious ploy |
| little | little machinations | little ploy |
| Other adjectives: villainous, secret, political, desperate, convoluted, deeper. | ||
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