ruse Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- delusion
- experience
- escapade
- hoodwinking
- antic
- whim
- skylarking
- caper
- joking
- maneuver
- capriccio
- knavery
- fraud
- practical-joke
- sham
- play
- deceit
- deed
- trickery
- hanky-panky
- stunt
- roguery
- wile
- gag
- lark
Weak:
Meaning of ruse
Wordnet
ruse (n)
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Webster
ruse (n.)
An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
ruse Sentence Examples
- The politician employed a cunning ruse to evade accusations of corruption.
- The spy used a clever ruse to infiltrate the enemy territory.
- The salesman's ruse was so convincing that customers fell for his pitch.
- The thief's ruse involved pretending to be a repairman to gain entry to the house.
- The teacher used a ruse to engage the students in a class activity.
- The prankster's ruse involved hiding a whoopee cushion under the victim's chair.
- The con artist's ruse was so elaborate that he managed to swindle millions of dollars.
- The animal rights activist used a ruse to infiltrate a fur farm and rescue the animals.
- The wrestler's signature move was a devastating ruse that often caught opponents off guard.
- The magician's ruse was so well-executed that the audience was left in awe.
FAQs About the word ruse
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
fooling, subterfuge,prank, stratagem, trick, deception, delusion, experience, escapade, hoodwinking
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The politician employed a cunning ruse to evade accusations of corruption.
The spy used a clever ruse to infiltrate the enemy territory.
The salesman's ruse was so convincing that customers fell for his pitch.
The thief's ruse involved pretending to be a repairman to gain entry to the house.
