Associations to the word «Stratagem»
Noun
- Recourse
- Beau
- Ruse
- Spoil
- Devise
- Wooden
- Treason
- Evasion
- Hannibal
- Deceit
- Treachery
- Belle
- Quixote
- Trick
- Snare
- Intrigue
- Malwa
- Odysseus
- Deception
- Ulysses
- Ambush
- Manoeuvre
- Watchman
- Athenian
- Vigilance
- Pretense
- Enemy
- Singularity
- Hua
- Persuasion
- Ingenuity
- Thirty
- Requiem
- Belisarius
- Hoax
- Odin
- Malice
- Naught
- Resort
- Nebula
- Warfare
- Tactic
- Dramatist
- Superiority
- Saucer
- Foe
- Tyrant
- Curate
- Maneuver
- Resentment
- Rogue
- Fraud
- Eloquence
- Retreat
- Cleopatra
- Adversary
Adjective
Wiktionary
STRATAGEM, noun. A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
Dictionary definition
STRATAGEM, noun. A maneuver in a game or conversation.
STRATAGEM, noun. An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.