'red herring' definitions:
Definition of 'red herring'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
noun
A dried and smoked herring having a reddish color [syn: red herring, smoked herring]
noun
A first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus; "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring" [syn: preliminary prospectus, red herring]
Synonyms of 'red herring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anguille,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- blind,
- caviar,
- chicanery,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- coup,
- craft,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- design,
- device,
- dodge,
- eel,
- expedient,
- fakement,
- feint,
- fetch,
- fish,
- fish eggs,
- gambit,
- game,
- gimmick,
- grift,
- intrigue,
- jugglery,
- kipper,
- kippered salmon,
- knavery,
- little game,
- maneuver,
- move,
- plot,
- ploy,
- poisson,
- racket,
- roe,
- ruse,
- scheme,
- seafood,
- shift,
- sleight,
- smoked herring,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- subterfuge,
- tactic,
- trick,
- trickery,
- wile,
- wily device