cunning+contrivance
61strategy — I noun approach, arrangement, art of war, artifice, battle maneuver, campaign, careful methods, careful plans, consilium, contrivance, course, course of action, cunning, design, devices, engineering, forethought, intrigue, intriguery, invention,… …
62deceit — Synonyms and related words: art, artful dodge, artfulness, artifice, blind, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, con game, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft, craftiness, cunning, cute trick, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, design, device,… …
63resource — Synonyms and related words: ability, action, ad hoc measure, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, answer, aptitude, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, assets, available means, backlog, balance, bonanza, bravura, brilliance, cache …
64scheming — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, artifice, astute, cabal, cagey, calculating, canny, chiseling, clever, collusion, collusive, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, connivent,… …
65finesse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. craft, cunning; skill. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. adroitness, diplomacy, delicacy, artfulness; see ability 2 , art 1 , tact . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [fi NES] delicate skill… …
66engine — [13] The underlying etymological meaning of engine is ‘natural talent’. It comes ultimately from Latin ingenium (source also of English ingenious) which was formed from the base *gen (as in genetic) denoting ‘reproduction’ and meant literally… …
67management — n. 1. Conduct, control, direction, charge, administration, government, guidance, disposal, economy, treatment, superintendence, care, surveillance. 2. Contrivance, prudent conduct, cunning practice, skill, address, skilful treatment. 3.… …
68artifice — 1 *art, cunning, craft, skill Analogous words: ingeniousness or ingenuity, cleverness, adroitness (see corresponding adjectives at CLEVER): adeptness, proficiency, expertness (see corresponding adjectives at PROFICIENT) 2 *trick, ruse, wile,… …
69art — n 1. skill, skillfulness, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, mastery, artistry; aptitude, facility, address, dispatch, ready skill, Inf. know how; ingenuity, cleverness, talent, flair, knack, genius, way, touch, feel, hang, trick. 2. cunning,… …
70artifice — n 1. stratagem, trick, wile, ruse; intrigue, plot, plan, scheme, strategy, machination; conspiracy, complot, cabal; device, contrivance, expedient, Inf. dodge, fetch, subterfuge, blind; maneuver, feint, deception, sleight, coup, blow, stroke;… …
