ploys
Meaning of ploys
plural noun
a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.
late 17th century (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘pastime’): of unknown origin. The notion of ‘a calculated plan’ dates from the 1950s.
Information about ploys
- It is a name.
- The singular form of ploys is: ploy.
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Hyphenation of ploys
ploys
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- ploys is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
ploys synonyms
Meaning an action intended to deceive someone; a trick:
Meaning an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end:
Meaning an act that initiates or advances a process or plan:
Meaning a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim:
Meaning a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end:
Meaning a secret or underhand plan; a plot:
Meaning a cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone:
Meaning an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation:
Meaning the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality:
Meaning a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral:
Meaning a cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant:
Meaning deceit used in order to achieve one's goal:
Meaning a secret and clever plan or trick:
Meaning devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants:
Meaning a clever or amusing scheme, idea, or trick:
Meaning a slight change in position, direction, or tendency:
Anagrams of ploys
Words that rhyme with ploys
loys, Aloys, Zircaloys, zircaloys, accloys, cloys, overcloys, saveloys, Permalloys, alloys, ferroalloys, permalloys, superalloys, zircoloys, coemploys, counterploys, deploys, disemploys, employs, misemploys, redeploys, reemploys
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