guile
noun
[ ɡʌɪl ]
• sly or cunning intelligence.
• "he used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in"
Similar:
cunning,
craftiness,
craft,
artfulness,
art,
artifice,
wiliness,
slyness,
deviousness,
shrewdness,
canniness,
ingenuity,
wiles,
ploys,
schemes,
stratagems,
manoeuvres,
subterfuges,
tricks,
ruses,
deception,
deceit,
duplicity,
underhandedness,
double-dealing,
trickiness,
sharp practice,
treachery,
chicanery,
fraud,
skulduggery,
foxiness,
knavery,
knavishness,
management,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, probably from Old Norse; compare with wile1.
