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Showing words for ARTIFICE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Artifice

actifier, artifice

7 Letter Words for Artifice

icteria

6 Letter Words for Artifice

acrite, afrite, caitif, certif, facier, farcie, fiacre, fracti, fricti, iatric, refait, tercia, triace, tricae

5 Letter Words for Artifice

acier, aeric, afire, afret, afrit, after, arite, artic, caret, carte, cater, cerat, ceria, citer, craft, craie, crate, creta, ecart, erica, facer, facet, facie, facit, faire, farce, farci, fecit, feria, fieri, firca, fract, frate, frati, freit, icier, ifrit, irate, react, recit, recti, refit, retia, rifte, tarie, terai, ticer, trace, trefa, treif, triac, trica, trice, trifa

4 Letter Words for Artifice

acer, acre, afer, aire, airt, aret, arte, atef, cafe, cair, care, carf, cart, cate, cera, cert, ceti, cira, cire, cite, crit, eira, erat, eria, eric, etic, face, fact, fair, fait, fare, fart, fate, fear, feat, feta, fiar, fiat, fica, fice, fict, fier, fire, frae, frat, fret, frit, iare, icer, itai, iter, race, raft, rait, rate, rect, reft, reif, reit, rice, rife, rift, rita, rite, tace, tare, tari, tear, teca, tera, terf, tiar, tice, tier, tire, trac, trie

3 Letter Words for Artifice

ace, act, aer, aft, air, ait, arc, are, arf, art, ate, caf, cai, car, cat, cer, cfi, cia, cie, cif, cir, cit, crt, cte, ctf, ctr, ear, eat, ect, eft, eir, era, erf, ert, eta, etc, fac, far, fat, fec, fei, fer, fet, fie, fir, fit, fra, fri, frt, ice, ifc, ife, ira, ire, ita, raf, rai, rat, rct, rea, rec, ref, rei, ria, rie, rif, rit, rte, rti, tai, tar, tea, tec, tef, ter, tfr, tic, tie, tra, trf, tri

Definitions for Artifice

[1] a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
[2] trickery; guile; craftiness.
[3] cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness: a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance.
[4] a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient.
[5] a clever expedient; ingenious stratagem
[6] crafty or subtle deception
[7] skill; cleverness
[8] a skilfully contrived device
[9] obsolete craftsmanship

Words related to Artifice

gimmick, contrivance, duplicity, inventiveness, dodge, maneuver, play, scam, savvy, stratagem, machination, ploy, subterfuge, ruse, racket, tactic, expedient, device, wile, gambit

Words nearby Artifice

articulatory phonetics, artie, artifact, artifacting, artifactitious, artifice, artificer, artificial, artificial aid, artificial aids, artificial blood

Origin of Artifice

1525–35; < Anglo-French < Latin artificium craftsmanship, art, craftiness, equivalent to arti-, combining form of ars art1 + -fic-, combining form of facere to do1, make + -ium + -ium

Word origin for Artifice

C16: from Old French, from Latin artificium skill, from artifex one possessed of a specific skill, from ars skill + -fex, from facere to make

Synonyms for Artifice

contrivance, gimmick, con, device, dodge, expedient, gambit, machination, maneuver, play, ploy, racket, ruse, savvy, scam, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile