Ploy and Rag

Ploy

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Ploy

Rag and ploy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rag" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

Rag

Rag noun - A playful or mischievous act intended as a joke.
Usage example: a collegiate rag that nearly got him sent down from Oxford

Ploy and rag are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Rag".

Nearby Word: ragtime

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How words are described

old old ploy old rag
similar similar ploy similar rag
simple simple ploy simple rag
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