Synonyms of the word

stratagem

• n. A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or…

contrivance

• n. a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
• n. a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
• n. something overly artful or artificial.

dodge

• v. To avoid by moving suddenly out of the way.
• v. (figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
• v. (archaic) To go hither and thither.
• v. (photography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them darker (compare…
• v. (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
• n. An act of dodging.
• n. A trick, evasion or wile.

gambit

• n. An opening in chess, in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
• n. Any ploy or stratagem.
• n. A remark intended to open a conversation.

maneuver

• n. A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
• n. (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
• n. An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
• v. (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme.

manoeuvre

• n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
• v. (transitive) British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling…

ploy

• n. A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
• n. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
• v. (military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

scheme

• n. A systematic plan of future action.
• n. A plot or secret, devious plan.
• n. An orderly combination of related parts.
• n. A chart or diagram of a system or object.
• n. (mathematics) A type of topological space.
• n. (Britain, chiefly Scotland) A council housing estate.
• n. (rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
• n. (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
• v. (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.

strategy

• n. The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
• n. A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
• n. The art of using similar techniques in politics or business.