Definitions

chicane

[shi-keyn, chi-] / ʃɪˈkeɪn, tʃɪ- /

NOUN

chicanery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dishonesty duplicity machination stratagem

STRONG

artifice cheating deviousness dodge double-crossing double-dealing feint fraud furtiveness gambit intrigue maneuver plot ploy ruse skullduggery sophistry subterfuge wiles

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky sharp practice surreptitiousness underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

honesty

STRONG

openness truthfulness

WEAK

forthrightness

NOUN

deceit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chicanery deception dishonesty duplicity fraud hypocrisy treachery trickery

STRONG

ambidexterity ambidextrousness artifice cheating craft craftiness cunning deceitfulness dissimulation double-dealing fraudulence guile imposition pretense slyness trapping

WEAK

cozening defrauding dirty dealing dirty pool dissemblance entrapping overreaching smoke and mirrors two-facedness two-timing underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fairness forthrightness frankness honesty openness sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness

STRONG

artlessness reality

WEAK

uprightness

NOUN

deception

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cover-up fraud hoax illusion lie ruse scam subterfuge trick

STRONG

bluff boondoggle catch cheat con decoy device dodge fallacy feint fib gimmick hogwash hustle imposture jive malarkey pretext ride sham shift shuck snare stall sting story stratagem swindle trap whitewash wile wrinkle

WEAK

bilk con game confidence game crock fast one fast shuffle mare's-nest snow job

NOUN

decoy

Synonyms

STRONG

allurement attraction beard blind booster camouflage catch chicanery come-on deception enticement facade fake front imitation inducement lure nark plant pretense shill snare stoolie temptation trick trickery

WEAK

drawing card ensnarement inveiglement seducement sitting duck stool pigeon

Antonyms

STRONG

discouragement frankness honesty openness original reality repulsion truth truthfulness

NOUN

dishonesty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chicanery corruption criminality deceit duplicity falsehood fraud graft infidelity mendacity treachery trickery

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating craft crookedness cunning double-dealing faithlessness falsity flimflam fraudulence guile hocus-pocus infamy insidiousness perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality slyness stealing swindle trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice

Antonyms

STRONGEST

faithfulness fidelity forthrightness honesty loyalty truth truthfulness

STRONG

artlessness frankness innocence openness reality sincerity

WEAK

fairness scrupulousness

NOUN

double-dealing

Synonyms

STRONG

chicanery deceit deception dishonesty duplicity fraud hypocrisy mendacity perfidy treachery trickery

WEAK

bad faith foul play fourberie hanky-panky sharp practice two-timing

Antonyms

STRONG

fairness forthrightness frankness honesty openness sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

NOUN

fraud

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blackmail deceit extortion graft hoax misrepresentation scam

STRONG

artifice barratry cheat chicanery con craft double-dealing dupery duplicity fake flimflam fraudulence guile hocus-pocus hustle imposture line racket sell shakedown sham skunk smoke song spuriousness sting swindle treachery

WEAK

bamboozlement duping fast one fast shuffle fourberie hanky-panky hoodwinking sharp practice song and dance swindling

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness entertainment forthrightness frankness honesty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

WEAK

fairness justice

NOUN

hanky-panky

Synonyms

WEAK

amour chicanery dalliance deception devilry dirty pool double-dealing fling flirtation fooling around fourberie fraud funny business hankie-pankie hokey-pokey knavery liaison love affair machinations mischief monkey business romance sexual activity sharp practice shenanigans skullduggery subterfuge trickery

Antonyms

WEAK

faithfulness honesty

NOUN

indirection

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shadiness shiftiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

NOUN

shadiness

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shiftiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy fairness faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

NOUN

shiftiness

Synonyms

STRONG

ambidexterity ambidextrousness artifice cheating chicanery craft craftiness cunning deceitfulness deception dishonesty dissimulation double-dealing duplicity fraud fraudulence guile hypocrisy imposition pretense slyness trapping treachery trickery

WEAK

cozening defrauding dirty dealing dirty pool dissemblance entrapping overreaching smoke and mirrors two-facedness two-timing underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness fairness forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness reality sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness

NOUN

shiftiness

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shadiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy fairness faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

NOUN

slyness

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shadiness shiftiness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy fairness faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

NOUN

sneakiness

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shadiness shiftiness slyness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy fairness faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

NOUN

trickery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chicanery deceit dishonesty razzle-dazzle scam shell game stunt

STRONG

cheat cheating con dodge double-dealing dupery flimflam fraud guile hoax imposture pretense quackery shenanigans sting

WEAK

bait and switch double cross fast shuffle fourberie funny business sharp practice snow job swindling underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frankness honesty openness truthfulness

STRONG

reality truth

NOUN

trickiness

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shadiness shiftiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy fairness faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

NOUN

underhandedness

Synonyms

WEAK

artifice bunk cheating chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fourberie fraud fraudulence graft guile hanky-panky hocus-pocus improbity infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shadiness sharp practice shiftiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

NOUN

wile

Synonyms

STRONGEST

guile stratagem

STRONG

angle artfulness artifice cheating chicanery con contrivance craft craftiness deceit deception device dishonesty dissimulation dodge feint flimflam fraud gambit game gimmick hoax horseplay imposition lure maneuver plot ploy racket ruse scam setup shenanigans skullduggery slant slyness stunt subterfuge switch trick trickery twist

WEAK

little game monkey business monkeyshines scheming

Antonyms

STRONG

fairness forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness sincerity truth truthfulness uprightness

WEAK

naïveté stupidity

VERB

con

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bamboozle bilk dupe hoodwink swindle wheedle

STRONG

cajole cheat coax flimflam fool hoax hornswoggle humbug inveigle mislead rook sweet-talk trick

WEAK

double-cross rip off

Antonyms

WEAK

be forthright be honest

VERB

dupe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffle bamboozle betray cheat deceive defraud delude hoodwink mislead swindle victimize

STRONG

beguile catch circumvent con cozen dust flimflam gull hoax hornswoggle kid outwit overreach rook shaft spoof trick

WEAK

double-cross jerk around pull one's leg pull something rip off rope in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist be honest help protect support

STRONG

be serious

VERB

fool

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheat deceive delude dupe hoodwink pretend

STRONG

bamboozle bluff con diddle flimflam fox gull hoax jive juke kid outfox scam snow spoof trifle

WEAK

fake out lead on make believe play a trick on play-act put on put one over on suck in take in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

be honest

VERB

hoax

Synonyms

STRONG

bamboozle bluff con deceive delude dupe fleece flimflam fool frame gammon gull hoodwink murphy rook sting swindle

WEAK

fake out play games with pull one's leg run a game on set up take for a ride take in

Antonyms

STRONG

be honest

VERB

pettifog

Synonyms

STRONG

altercate argufy avoid bicker carp cavil criticize dispute equivocate evade fence flip-flop hassle niggle nitpick pretend prevaricate shift spar squabble waffle wrangle

WEAK

argue over blow hot and cold catch at straws have at it hem and haw hypercriticize make a big thing about nit-pick paralogize pick to pieces put up an argument set to split hairs talk back

Antonyms

STRONG

agree concur face give in meet tell the truth

VERB

quibble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bicker carp spar squabble waffle wrangle

STRONG

altercate argufy avoid cavil criticize dispute equivocate evade fence flip-flop hassle pettifog pretend prevaricate shift

WEAK

argue over blow hot and cold catch at straws have at it hem and haw hypercriticize make a big thing about nit-pick paralogize put up an argument set to split hairs talk back

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree

STRONG

face meet tell the truth

WEAK

approve concur

Example Sentences

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It’s the same stage played by legends Chicane and Paul Oakenfold this year and Darude last.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Then, coming out of the Ford Chicane, I spun myself and went into the gravel.

From The Verge • Jun. 14, 2016

We clicked into our skis at the top of an intermediate run called Chicane and pushed off.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011

Also important to note, WallyPower 70 features a KaMeWa water jet drive, explaining why Bassani didn�t seem concerned when backing and pirouetting in the extremely congested corner of Quai Chicane where the boat was docked.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the conclusion of a rubber the scores for tricks, honours, Chicane, and Slam, obtained by each side are added, and one hundred points are added to the score of the winners of the rubber.

From Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play with Illustrative Hands and the Club Code of Bridge Laws by Elwell, J.B. (Joseph Bowne)

chicane

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