Ploy
Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Ploy
Resource and ploy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resource" instead a noun "Ploy".
Nearby Word: ployed
Resource
Resource noun - Something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available.
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- Indy Ploy: "Fool's Mate" has Earth locked in an endless resource-draining stalemate with an enemy spacefleet, with both sides having near-perfect tactical computers.
Source: Creator / Robert Sheckley
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Resource and Ploy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ploy/resource
Ploy & Resource. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ploy/resource>.
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