All gambit synonyms

noun gambit

• maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• jig — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
• ploy — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
• ruse — a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
• device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
• gimmick — an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
• manoeuvre — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
• scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
• stratagem — a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
• plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• plot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.