Thesaurus results for FEINTS

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noun

plural of feint

as in bluffs

sports a quick movement that you make to trick an opponent The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook.

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verb

present tense third-person singular of feint

as in disguises

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Noun

Trump made half-hearted feints to target Wall Street, through proposals like curbing defense contractor stock buybacks and foreign job outsourcing, but there’s been no real follow through on any of these policies. — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026 There are neat little flicks, slalom runs, full-body feints, through balls. — New York Times, 10 June 2026 Scarpetta contains the standard allotment of feints and false leads. — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 But Fogelman’s feints are so dependent on worn tropes that, in the three-part Season 2 premiere that is now streaming on Hulu, Paradise becomes not just predictable, but also kind of dull. — Judy Berman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026 The painting makes dozens of little feints like this, giving and taking away. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 The fight scenes are full of energetic darts and feints. — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025 Khamenei has made feints and tactical adjustments. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feints

Noun

Beyond the waterfront are dramatic coastal bluffs and an 880-acre preserve with miles of hiking paths and panoramic ocean views.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
Gaasterland said in her candidate statement that her top priorities include utility undergrounding, local control of land use decisions, and removing the train tracks from the bluffs while avoiding a new route that tunnels under Del Mar homes.

— Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of bluffs

Verb

Today, greenwashing often disguises the true nature of corporate activity by appealing to the increasing number of people who care about environmental sustainability.

— Marissa E. Yingling, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026
The film itself is about a Jewish woman who refuses the limits imposed on her mind and disguises herself as a man in order to study, and the parallel was impossible to miss.

— Debbie Millman, Time, 25 July 2026

Definition of disguises

Verb

The current acceleration in European EV sales - in the first half of 2026 EV sales rose about 40% to 1,220,890 (ACEA) compared with the same period last year - masks the overriding failure.

— Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
My hope is our offense will be unstoppable, while my defense mostly gets shredded over the middle but masks it with strip-sacks and interceptions.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of masks

Noun

The three goals Chelsea conceded came from set-piece plays — the first being triggered by a home corner that Brighton successfully countered.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The Green Bay Packers quarterback called plays during the second half of the team's preseason finale.

— Jim Reineking, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of plays

Verb

Linney’s Guardian tries to draw out some resentment from her new candidate, but John expresses (or feigns) sympathy for Hal, who was betrayed by his father figure Sinestro, an experience John likens to his own complicated upbringing.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
The heavy side part feigns an almost asymmetrical look, which offsets heaviness on the ends and frames the face in a fun way.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

Definition of feigns

Noun

Instead, Cramer pointed to Cook's ability to sustain the iPhone's appeal and keep consumers coming back through successive generations of premium devices.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Infecting already compromised devices Research published Monday brings the threat into much clearer view.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of devices

Verb

The silky, buildable formula camouflages all things acne scars, dark circles, and other blemishes without looking thick or cakey.

— Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 8 Aug. 2026
Olivia Rodrigo knows the true magic of New York City lies in the way its pace camouflages public crash outs.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026

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