guile

/ɡˈaɪl/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
2. the quality of being crafty
3. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Synonyms for guile

• craft
• craftiness
• cunning
• foxiness
• slyness
• wiliness
• deceitfulness
• trickery
• chicanery
• chicane
• wile
• shenanigan

Words that rhyme with guile

• style
• pile
• file
• mile
• profile
• gentile
• exile
• reconcile
• tile
• aisle
• argyle
• argyll
• compile
• meanwhile
• mercantile
• smile
• stockpile
• beguile
• erstwhile
• marseille
• rile
• textile
• vile
• anglophile
• awhile
• bile
• camomile
• chamomile
• crocodile
• freestyle