Definitions

wile

[wahyl] / waɪl /

NOUN

cunning

Synonyms

STRONGEST

guile stratagem

STRONG

angle artfulness artifice cheating chicane 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

Example Sentences

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Miura was third in the free skate to seize the last podium place with a total of 253.69 points wile Tomono, fifth in the free skate, was fourth with 251.46.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

Here are 10 freshly published ones that should wile away a March afternoon nicely.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

The index of the economic outlook for the next 12 months slipped 0.4%, wile the outlook for the next five years climbed 5.2%.

From Reuters • Dec. 12, 2022

They will wile their way into your dreams.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2020

And Dr Strauss tolld Prof Nemur somthing I dint understand so wile they was talking I rote down some of the words in my notebook for keeping my progris riports.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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