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Origin and Etymology of trick
Middle English trikke, from Anglo-French * trik, from trikier to deceive, cheat, from Vulgar Latin * triccare, alteration of Latin tricari to behave evasively, shuffle, from tricae complications, trifles
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trick Synonyms
Synonyms
artifice, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, wile, sleight of hand
Related Words
bluff, end run, feint; cheating, chicanery, cozenage, craft, crookery, cunning, deception, dupery, duplicity, fakery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery ( or skullduggery) , subterfuge, swindling, trickery; fraud, gaff, hoax, sham, swindle; blind, front, smoke screen
Near Antonyms
conformity, sameness
Synonym Discussion of trick
trick, ruse, stratagem, maneuver, artifice, wile, feint mean an indirect means to gain an end. trick may imply deception, roguishness, illusion, and either an evil or harmless end. ?the tricks of the trade? ruse stresses a