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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.