pretext, excuse, guise, facade, charade, simulation, affectation, deception, subterfuge, masquerade, cover, front, sham, ruse, feint, bluff, artifice, ploy, stratagem, trick, hoax, illusion, falsehood... [more]
cunning - craftiness - slyness - deceitfulness - trickery - duplicity - wiliness - shrewdness - artfulness - deviousness - foxiness - insidiousness - knavery - chicanery - subterfuge - treachery - underhandedness - guile - manipulation - scheming - fraudulence - perfidy - mendacity - dissimulation - dishonesty - legerdemain - machination - ruse - stratagem - intrigue - finesse - sharpness - sneakiness - craft - sly - trickiness - cunningness - deceit - deception - double-dealing - fraud - guileful - insidious - knavish - shifty - slickness - smoothness - subtlety
Guilefulness refers to the quality of being guileful; it involves cunning, slyness, or the use of clever strategies to achieve one's goals, often at the expense of others. This attribute is often associated with trickery or deceit, implying a skillful and strategic manipulation of situations or people to gain an advantage. A person exhibiting guilefulness might be adept at hiding their true intentions, leading others to believe something that is not true or misleading them for personal gain.