Word Meanings - RUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraund; deceit. Ruse de guerre ( Etym: , a stratagem of war. (more info) shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re- again + causa

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RUSE)

• Counterfeit
• Cheat
• trick
• juggle
• fraud
• artifice
• fabrication
• pretense
• ruse
• sham
• Intrigue
• Cabal
• plot
• conspiracy
• machination
• design
• manoeuvres
• cunning
• duplicity
• trickery
• chicanery
• love affair
• amour
• Mask
• Pretext
• screen
• pretence
• cover
• hypocrisy

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RUSE)

• Enlighten
• guide
• remunerate
• compensate
• undeceive
• disabuse
• Expose
• unmask
• detect
• reveal
• betray
• exhibit
• produce
• mis-suffice
• Open
• expose
• surrender
• aggravate
• exaggerate
• prosecute

Related words: (words related to RUSE)

• AMOUR PROPRE
  Self-love; self-esteem.
• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• DETECTOR BAR
  A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train , laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch.
• SCREENINGS
  The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
• ARTIFICER
  A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan. (more info) 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• CUNNINGNESS
  Quality of being cunning; craft.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• TRICK
  The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope. (more info) draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and 1. An artifice
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• CABALISM
  1. The secret science of the cabalists. 2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. Emerson.
• JUGGLERESS
  1. A female juggler. T. Warton.
• HYPOCRISY
  The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or
• TRICKISH
  Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trick"ish*ly, adv. -- Trick"ish*ness, n.
• CHEATABLE
  Capable of being cheated.
• OUTPARAMOUR
  To exceed in the number of mistresses. Shak.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• FOREDESIGN
  To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
• ESCHEATOR
  An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. Burrill.