subterfuge

1. 1.

   something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

   “he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge”

   “the holding company was just a blind”

   Synonymsblind

   Broadermisrepresentation

Other forms of subterfuge

plural

subterfuges·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subterfuge

What does subterfuge mean?

subterfuge means "something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity".

How many syllables are in subterfuge?

subterfuge has 3 syllables: sub-ter-fuge. The stress falls on "sub". In IPA it is /ˈsʌbtɚˌfjudʒ/.

What is another word for subterfuge?

Close synonyms include blind. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subterfuge a common word?

subterfuge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with subterfuge?

1 word rhymes with subterfuge. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.