jiggery-pokery

The word “jiggery-pokery” has 6 syllables: jig-ger-y-po-ker-y

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɪɡəriˈpoʊkəri/


What is synonym and antonym for jiggery-pokery?

In the thesaurus, “jiggery-pokery” has 57 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jiggery-pokery along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jiggery-pokery

  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • craftiness
  • crookedness
  • crookery
  • cunning
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • design
  • deviousness
  • dirty pool
  • dirty tricks
  • dishonesty
  • dissimulation
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • duplicity
  • fakery
  • foxiness
  • gamesmanship
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hanky-panky
  • humbuggery
  • hypocrisy
  • imposture
  • insincerity
  • jugglery
  • legerdemain
  • oiliness
  • plotting
  • quackery
  • scheming
  • secrecy
  • shadiness
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • slickness
  • slipperiness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stealth
  • subterfuge
  • treachery
  • trickery
  • underhandedness
  • wile
  • wiliness

Antonyms for jiggery-pokery

  • artlessness
  • candidness
  • candor
  • directness
  • forthrightness
  • guilelessness
  • ingenuousness
  • openness
  • plainness
  • plainspokenness
  • sincerity

Meanings of jiggery-pokery

  • noun
    1. Trickery or misrepresentation.
    2. Manipulation.
    3. Sexual intercourse.

Example Sentences

  • The magician's performance was full of jiggery-pokery, leaving the audience in awe.
  • We suspected some jiggery-pokery behind the sudden increase in sales figures.
  • The politician was accused of engaging in jiggery-pokery to sway the election results.
  • The children giggled at the sight of the clown's jiggery-pokery with balloons and ribbons.
  • The investigation uncovered a network of jiggery-pokery within the organization's financial dealings.

On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jiggery-pokery, such as: artfulness, artifice, artlessness, cageyness, caginess, candidness, candor.

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

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gamesmanship

  • action
  • angle
  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • bettering
  • bit
  • booby trap
  • brainchild
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • canniness
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • child
  • competition
  • competitive advantage
  • competitive edge
  • con
  • craftiness
  • crookedness
  • crookery
  • cunning
  • cutthroat
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • design
  • device
  • deviousness
  • dirty pool
  • dirty tricks
  • dishonesty
  • dissimulation
  • dodge
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • duplicity
  • fairness
  • fakery
  • feint
  • forthrightness
  • foxiness
  • gambit
  • game
  • game plan
  • gimmick
  • goodness
  • grift
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hanky-panky
  • honesty
  • honor
  • honorableness
  • humbuggery
  • hypocrisy
  • imposture
  • insincerity
  • intrigue
  • jiggery-pokery
  • jugglery
  • layout
  • legerdemain
  • little game
  • maneuver
  • method
  • oiliness
  • one-upmanship
  • outfoxing
  • outsmarting
  • outwitting
  • pitch
  • plan
  • play
  • plot
  • plotting
  • ploy
  • pretext
  • principle
  • proposition
  • quackery
  • racket
  • righteousness
  • rivaling
  • ruse
  • scenario
  • scene
  • scheme
  • scheming
  • secrecy
  • setup
  • shadiness
  • sharpness
  • shift
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • sincerity
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • slant
  • slickness
  • slipperiness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stall
  • stealth
  • story
  • subterfuge
  • switch
  • treachery
  • trickery
  • twist
  • underhandedness
  • virtue
  • wile
  • wiliness

oiliness

  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • craftiness
  • crookedness
  • crookery
  • cunning
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • design
  • deviousness
  • dirty pool
  • dirty tricks
  • dishonesty
  • dissimulation
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • duplicity
  • fakery
  • foxiness
  • gamesmanship
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hanky-panky
  • humbuggery
  • hypocrisy
  • imposture
  • insincerity
  • jiggery-pokery
  • jugglery
  • legerdemain
  • plotting
  • quackery
  • scheming
  • secrecy
  • shadiness
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • slickness
  • slipperiness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stealth
  • subterfuge
  • treachery
  • trickery
  • underhandedness
  • wile
  • wiliness

quackery

  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • craftiness
  • crookedness
  • crookery
  • cunning
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • design
  • deviousness
  • dirty pool
  • dirty tricks
  • dishonesty
  • dissimulation
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • duplicity
  • fakery
  • foxiness
  • gamesmanship
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hanky-panky
  • humbuggery
  • hypocrisy
  • imposture
  • insincerity
  • jiggery-pokery
  • jugglery
  • legerdemain
  • misrepresentation
  • oiliness
  • plotting
  • pretense
  • scheming
  • secrecy
  • shadiness
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • slickness
  • slipperiness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stealth
  • subterfuge
  • treachery
  • trickery
  • underhandedness
  • wile
  • wiliness

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