Exact Match:
- trump
- (bridge or whist) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand; "clubs were declared trumps"; "a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led"
- a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; "the ace of trumps is a sure winner"
- proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
- play a trump
- produce a sound as if from a trumpet
Synonyms:
- ace,
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- artifice,
- beat,
- best,
- best bower,
- better,
- bower,
- brick,
- cap,
- cards,
- clubs,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- crackerjack,
- deck,
- demarche,
- deuce,
- device,
- diamonds,
- dodge,
- doll,
- dummy,
- effort,
- exceed,
- excel,
- expedient,
- face cards,
- flush,
- full house,
- gimmick,
- go one better,
- good Joe,
- good egg,
- good guy,
- hand,
- hearts,
- improve on,
- improvisation,
- jack,
- joker,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- king,
- knave,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- left bower,
- likely lad,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- move,
- nice guy,
- no slouch,
- outdo,
- outstrip,
- outweigh,
- overbalance,
- overbear,
- overcome,
- overpass,
- overtop,
- pack,
- pair,
- pass,
- perfect,
- picture cards,
- pis aller,
- playing cards,
- predominate,
- preponderate,
- prevail,
- pussycat,
- queen,
- resort,
- resource,
- round,
- royal flush,
- rubber,
- ruff,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- singleton,
- solution,
- spades,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stout fellow,
- straight,
- stratagem,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- surpass,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- top,
- tower above,
- tower over,
- transcend,
- trey,
- trick,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition