gambits

The word “gambits” has 2 syllables: gam-bits

It's pronounced as /ˈɡæmbɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for gambits?

In the thesaurus, “gambits” has 45 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for gambits along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gambits

  • artifices
  • blinds
  • bluffs
  • chicaneries
  • cozenages
  • crafts
  • crookeries
  • cunnings
  • deceptions
  • devices
  • dodges
  • duperies
  • duplicities
  • end runs
  • fakeries
  • feints
  • fetches
  • flimflams
  • frauds
  • fronts
  • gaffs
  • gimmicks
  • hoaxes
  • jigs
  • juggleries
  • juggles
  • knacks
  • legerdemains
  • plays
  • ploys
  • ruses
  • schemes
  • shams
  • shenanigans
  • skulduggeries
  • skullduggeries
  • sleights
  • sleights of hand
  • smoke screens
  • stratagems
  • subterfuges
  • swindles
  • trickeries
  • tricks
  • wiles

Meanings of gambits

  • noun
    1. An opening in chess, in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
    2. Any ploy or stratagem.
    3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

Example Sentences

  • The chess player employed various gambits to gain an early advantage in the game.
  • Successful negotiators often use diplomatic gambits to steer discussions toward favorable outcomes.
  • In literature, authors frequently employ narrative gambits to captivate readers' attention from the beginning.
  • The marketing team brainstormed innovative gambits to launch the new product and attract a wide audience.
  • As the situation became more complex, the detective resorted to unconventional gambits to unravel the mystery.

On this page you'll find 45 synonyms or another words to gambits, such as: artifices, blinds, bluffs, chicaneries, cozenages, crafts, crookeries.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gags

  • adventures
  • amuses
  • antics
  • asphyxiates
  • banters
  • barfs
  • boffolas
  • boffos
  • boffs
  • buffooneries
  • burlesques
  • capers
  • capriccios
  • caprices
  • caricatures
  • chaffs
  • chokes
  • comedies
  • conceits
  • cracks
  • cracks wise
  • deceits
  • deceptions
  • deeds
  • delusions
  • didoes
  • didos
  • disgorges
  • diverts
  • drolleries
  • ejects
  • entertains
  • escapades
  • expels
  • experiences
  • fancies
  • feats
  • fools
  • frauds
  • frolics
  • funnies
  • funs
  • gambits
  • games
  • gibes
  • giggles
  • hanky-pankies
  • hazes
  • heaves
  • high jinks
  • hijinks
  • hoaxes
  • horseplays
  • humors
  • hurls
  • japes
  • jeers
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  • jibes
  • jives
  • jokes
  • jollies
  • joshes
  • kids
  • knaveries
  • knee-slappers
  • lampoons
  • larks
  • laughs
  • leg-pulls
  • maneuvers
  • missions
  • mockeries
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  • monkeyshines
  • nauseates
  • nifties
  • one-liners
  • panics
  • parodies
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  • persiflages
  • plays
  • pleasantries
  • ploys
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  • pranks
  • pukes
  • put-ons
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  • rags
  • railleries
  • rallies
  • razzes
  • regurgitates
  • repartees
  • retches
  • ribs
  • ridicules
  • riffs
  • riots
  • rogueries
  • rowdyisms
  • ruses
  • sallies
  • satirizes
  • screams
  • shams
  • shavies
  • shenanigans
  • shines
  • smothers
  • spews
  • spits up
  • stifles
  • stratagems
  • stunts
  • subterfuges
  • suffocates
  • teases
  • thigh-slappers
  • throws up
  • times
  • tomfooleries
  • trickeries
  • tricks
  • upchucks
  • vagaries
  • vomits
  • waggeries
  • whims
  • whimseys
  • whimsies
  • wiles
  • wisecracks
  • wits
  • witticisms
  • wordplays
  • yaks
  • yocks
  • yucks
  • yuks

jigs

  • artifices
  • blinds
  • bluffs
  • chicaneries
  • cozenages
  • crafts
  • crookeries
  • cunnings
  • deceptions
  • devices
  • dodges
  • duperies
  • duplicities
  • end runs
  • fakeries
  • feints
  • fetches
  • fiddles
  • fidgets
  • flimflams
  • flits
  • flutters
  • frauds
  • fronts
  • gaffs
  • gambits
  • gimmicks
  • hoaxes
  • jerks
  • jiggles
  • juggleries
  • juggles
  • knacks
  • legerdemains
  • paces
  • plays
  • ploys
  • quakes
  • quivers
  • ruses
  • schemes
  • shakes
  • shams
  • shenanigans
  • shivers
  • shudders
  • skulduggeries
  • skullduggeries
  • sleights
  • sleights of hand
  • smoke screens
  • squiggles
  • squirms
  • stratagems
  • subterfuges
  • swindles
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • tosses
  • trembles
  • trickeries
  • tricks
  • twists
  • twitches
  • twitters
  • wiggles
  • wiles
  • wriggles
  • writhes

game plans

  • aims
  • arrangements
  • blueprints
  • collusions
  • conceptions
  • conspiracies
  • contrivances
  • counter-strategies
  • counterplans
  • counterstrategies
  • designs
  • devices
  • diagrams
  • formulae
  • formulas
  • gambits
  • games
  • ground plans
  • ideas
  • intentions
  • intents
  • layouts
  • maneuvers
  • maps
  • master plans
  • means
  • patterns
  • plans
  • platforms
  • plots
  • policies
  • procedures
  • programs
  • projects
  • projets
  • proposals
  • protocols
  • purposes
  • recipes
  • road maps
  • ruses
  • schemes
  • setups
  • specifications
  • specifics
  • stratagems
  • strategies
  • subterfuges
  • systems
  • tactics
  • techniques
  • tricks
  • ways

games

  • action
  • aims
  • ambits
  • amplitudes
  • amusement
  • appointments
  • areas
  • arenas
  • arrangements
  • arts
  • assignments
  • athletics
  • bailiwicks
  • ball
  • baronies
  • battles
  • berths
  • biathlons
  • billets
  • blueprints
  • bouts
  • breadths
  • businesses
  • callings
  • calls
  • championships
  • circles
  • clash
  • classics
  • collusions
  • compasses
  • competitions
  • conceptions
  • confines
  • conflicts
  • conspiracies
  • contest
  • contests
  • contrivances
  • counter-strategies
  • counterplans
  • counterstrategies
  • crafts
  • dead heats
  • decathlons
  • demesnes
  • departments
  • derbies
  • designs
  • devices
  • diagrams
  • dimensions
  • disciplines
  • disport
  • diversion
  • domains
  • drill
  • duel
  • duties
  • elements
  • employments
  • engagements
  • enterprises
  • event
  • events
  • exercise
  • exercises
  • extents
  • fiefdoms
  • fiefs
  • field days
  • fields
  • fight
  • finals
  • firmaments
  • formulae
  • formulas
  • frolic
  • frontiers
  • fronts
  • fun
  • fun and games
  • functions
  • gaiety
  • gambits
  • game
  • game plans
  • gigs
  • ground plans
  • gymkhanas
  • handcrafts
  • handicrafts
  • heats
  • heptathlons
  • ideas
  • intentions
  • intents
  • jobs
  • joust
  • kens
  • kingdoms
  • layouts
  • lays
  • lifeworks
  • lines
  • livelihoods
  • livings
  • loads
  • maneuvers
  • maps
  • marathons
  • master plans
  • match
  • matches
  • matchups
  • means
  • meet
  • meeting
  • meets
  • metiers
  • missions
  • nationals
  • nightcaps
  • occupations
  • offices
  • outings
  • pastime
  • patterns
  • pentathlons
  • photo finishes
  • physical activity
  • picnic
  • places
  • plans
  • platforms
  • play
  • play-offs
  • pleasure
  • plots
  • policies
  • positions
  • posts
  • practice
  • precincts
  • procedures
  • professions
  • programs
  • projects
  • projets
  • proposals
  • protocols
  • provinces
  • purposes
  • pursuits
  • races
  • rackets
  • rallies
  • reaches
  • realms
  • recipes
  • recreation
  • road maps
  • round-robins
  • rounds
  • rubbers
  • runoffs
  • runs
  • ruses
  • schemes
  • scopes
  • scrimmages
  • seesaws
  • semifinals
  • series
  • sets
  • setups
  • situations
  • skirmishes
  • specialties
  • specifications
  • specifics
  • spheres
  • sport
  • sports
  • stratagems
  • strategies
  • struggles
  • studies
  • sub-specialties
  • subfields
  • subjects
  • subspecialties
  • subterfuges
  • sudden deaths
  • sweep-stake
  • sweeps
  • sweepstakes
  • systems
  • tactics
  • tasks
  • techniques
  • terrains
  • territories
  • test
  • tilt
  • tournaments
  • tourney
  • tourneys
  • trades
  • triathlons
  • tricks
  • tugs-of-war
  • turfs
  • turves
  • tussles
  • ultramarathons
  • vocations
  • volleys
  • walks
  • ways
  • widths
  • workloads
  • workout
  • works

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