Wile

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device. 1.2 wiles, artful or beguiling behavior. 1.3 deceitful cunning; trickery. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to beguile, entice, or lure (usually fol. by away, from, into, etc.) 3 Verb phrase 3.1 wile away, to spend or pass (time), esp. in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion 4 Antonyms 4.1 noun 5 Synonyms 5.1 noun 5.2 verb

Noun

a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.

wiles, artful or beguiling behavior.

deceitful cunning; trickery.

Verb (used with object)

to beguile, entice, or lure (usually fol. by away, from, into, etc.)

The music wiled him from his study.

Verb phrase

wile away, to spend or pass (time), esp. in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion

to wile away the long winter nights.

Antonyms

noun

naivety , stupidity

Synonyms

noun

angle , artfulness , artifice , cheating , chicane , chicanery , con * , contrivance , craft , craftiness , deceit , deception , device , dishonesty , dissimulation , dodge , feint , flimflam * , fraud , gambit , game , gimmick , guile , hoax , horseplay , imposition , little game , lure , maneuver , monkey business * , monkeyshines , plot , ploy , racket * , ruse , scam * , scheming , setup , shenanigans * , skullduggery * , slant , slyness , stratagem , stunt , subterfuge , switch , trick , trickery , twist , imposture , jig , sleight , art , attract , charm , coax , cunning , entice , machination , pass , shenanigans

verb

dawdle , fiddle away , kill , trifle away , waste , while