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Antonyms for stratagem

Grammar : Noun
Spell : strat-uh-juhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstræt ə dʒəm

Definition of stratagem

Origin :
  • "artifice, trick," late 15c., from Middle French stratagème "trick, especially to outwit an enemy," from Italian stratagemma, from Latin strategema "artifice, stratagem," from Greek strategema "the act of a general, military stratagem," from strategein "to be a general, command," from strategos "general" (see strategy).
  • noun trick
Example sentences :
  • They could not understand the motive, and feared a stratagem.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Will they not suspect, when once introduced to you, the stratagem that has been adopted?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He merely wished to keep us here a little while until he could by stratagem outflank us.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • The stratagem of the wily savage was thus perfectly successful.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • They resort to every stratagem which a vile and savage spirit could inspire.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • At last she resolved to effect by stratagem that which she could not accomplish openly.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Henry was compelled to resort to stratagem to effect his escape.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • He perceived with dismay that the stratagem of his defence had given Anne away.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • Shall I tell the reader how this stratagem first occurred to me?
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • Without a double of any kind,—a creature that does not know a wile or a stratagem!
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for stratagem

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