Trick
Stratagem
Synonyms Stratagem, ruse, device, manoeuvre, machination, artifice, dodge, deception, subterfuge, sharp practice, hoax, confidence trick, con trick, game, sting, wheeze, grift, rort, flanker, fetch, ploy, scheme, move, contrivance, expedient, wile, deceit, trickery, chicanery, swindle, fraud, con, set-up, scam, flimflam, bunco, lurk, schlenter, shift, and rig.
Practical joke
Synonyms Practical joke, prank, stunt, caper, spoof, cod, goak, quiz, joke, jape, antic, leg-pull, put-on, dido, cutup, and cantrip.
Illusion
Synonyms Illusion, deception, mirage, optical illusion, and figment of the imagination.
Feat
Synonyms Feat, sleight of hand, prestidigitation, stunt, legerdemain, and magic.
Technique
Mannerism
Synonyms Mannerism, practice, idiosyncrasy, foible, way, trait, habit, quirk, peculiarity, eccentricity, and characteristic.
Deceive
Synonyms Deceive, hoodwink, take in, fool, cheat, swindle, outmanoeuvre, gull, bamboozle, entrap, bilk, rook, pull a fast one on, lead up the garden path, shaft, have, flimflam, snooker, give someone a bum steer, cozen, sell, delude, mislead, dupe, double-cross, defraud, outwit, catch out, hoax, beguile, con, diddle, put one over on, take for a ride, spoof, do, gyp, sucker, goldbrick, pull a swifty on, chicane, and illude.
Example Sentences
He learned a new magic trick today.
That trick really amazed everyone at school.
She pulled a clever trick during class.
The trick to solving it is patience.
He showed me a cool card trick.
