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noun
deceit
Synonyms: ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, con, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge, double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, fabrication, fake, falsehood, feint, forgery, fraud, game, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposition, imposture, intrigue, invention, machination, maneuver, perjury, plot, ploy, pretense, ruse, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, treachery, wile
Antonyms: frankness, honesty
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noun
prank, joke
Synonyms: accomplishment, antic, caper, catch, device, escapade, feat, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, jape, jest, lark, monkeyshine, practical joke, put-on, shenanigan, sleight of hand, sport, stunt, tomfoolery
Antonyms: seriousness
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noun
expertise, know-how
Synonyms: ability, art, command, craft, device, facility, gift, hang, knack, method, secret, skill, swing, technique
Antonyms: ignorance, misunderstanding
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noun
characteristic, habit
Synonyms: crotchet, custom, foible, habitude, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, peculiarity, practice, praxis, quirk, trait, usage, use, way, wont
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noun
time working at something
Synonyms: bout, go, hitch, shift, spell, stint, tour, turn
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verb
fool; play joke on
Synonyms: bamboozle, catch, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, delude, disinform, double deal, dupe, fake, flimflam, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, impose upon, jive, mislead, outwit, play for a fool, pull wool over, put one over on, rook, screw, set up, swindle, take for a ride, take in, throw, trap, victimize
Antonyms: be serious