Bluff

/blʌf/

Synonyms for "bluff" (449 found)

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Closest matches (90)

abrupt actact a partacting affable affect affectation aggressive appearance approachableartful dodgeartifice artless assume attitudinizingbag of tricksbamboozle barefaced bearish beastly

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Noun(6 words)

bank blunt bullshitting candid cliff cliffs

Verb(2 words)

bluff outbullshitted

Adjective(1 words)

bold

Strong matches (135)

color coloring confiding conjure contemptuous counterfeitcover upcozen crag crude crusty curt curve curve-ball deceive deception delude delusion derisive design

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device diddle directdirty dealdirty trickdisguise disrespectful dissemblance dissemble dissembling dissimulate dissimulation dodgedouble crossdouble-cross downright dull dull-edged dull-pointed dulled dullish dupe edgeless escarpment explicit facade face facy faired fake faker fakery fakingfalse airfalse frontfalse showfalsity fanfaron fanfaronadefast dealfeign feigning feint fetch ficelle finesse flip flippant flurry fluster fool forestall forthright four-flush four-flushing fourflusher frank frankhearted fraud freefree spokenfree-speaking free-spoken free-tongued fresh friendlyfrighten offfront fuss gally gambit game gammon gasconade genuineget aroundgilt gimmick glossgo through the motionsgood-natured googly gratuitous gruff guileless gull harsh headland headlongheart-to-hearthearty hector hectorer hectoring height herod hoaxhocus pocushocus-pocus honest hoodwink hornswaggle

Noun(13 words)

deceive deception directdisplay confidenceescarpment escarpments fake feignfeign certaintyfeint feintingfour flushfrank

Related words (224)

hot airhumbug humbuggery impersonator impertinent impostor imposture impudent ingenu ingenuous innocent intimidate intimidation joke joker juggle kid laconiclet downlet on

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let on likemake a pretensemake a show ofmake as ifmake believemake likemalapert malingerer masquerade meretriciousness mislead mock mountain mountebank naive nervy no-nonsense obtuse open openhearted ostentationout-herod herodoutmaneuver outreach outsmart outspokenoutward showoutwit overreach palisade palisades pass pert phony pigeon plainplain spokenplain-spoken plainspoken playplay a partplay one falseplay possumplayact playacting ploy plunging pointless pose poser poseur posing posture precipice precipitous presupposition pretend pretender pretense pretension pretext profess promontory pufferypull a fast oneput onput something overput to flightquack quacksalver quackster rage rant ranter rapid rave raver representation ringer rodomontade roister roisterer rollick rough round rounded rude ruse saltimbanco sassy saucy scarscare awayscarp schemescurvy trickseeming semblance severe sham shammer sharp sheer shift short short-tempered show side simple simplehearted simpleminded simulacrum simulate simulation sinceresingle mindedsingle-hearted single-minded slang sleightsleight of handsleight-of-hand tricksmartsmart aleckysmart asssmart-alecky smart-ass smoothed snippety snippy snow speciousness splutter sputter steep storm straightstraight outstraight-out straightforward stratagem stringstring alongsubterfuge surly swagger swaggerer swashbuckle swashbuckler swashbucklery swasher tactlesstake intart temperamental terseto the pointtransparent trick truculent trustful trustingtwo timetwo-timeuncalled foruncalled-for unchecked unconstrained unedged unequivocal ungracious unguarded unpointed unreserved unrestrained unsharp unsharpened unsophisticated unsuspicious unwary vapor vaporer varnish vertical wall wilewindow dressingwise asswise-ass

Noun(13 words)

lie misrepresent precipices precipitous pretendpretend confidencepretense professingproject confidencepsyching shamming sheer steep

Adjective(2 words)

sheersteep bank

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6 relation types

More general

20 entries

affright attribute bank deceit deception descriptor dissembling dissimulation feigning fright frightengeographic featurego landform move pretence

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More specific

16 entries

bank blunt candid cliffconfidence bluffdirect escarpment frankpoker bluffpure bluffriver bluffsea bluffsemi bluffsocial bluffstrategic bluffverbal bluff

Collocations

13 entries

bluff coastbluff erosionbluff facebluff rangebluffing strategycard game bluffcoastal bluffhigh bluffpoker bluffriver bluffsteep bluffstrategic bluffverbal bluff

Inflections

5 entries

bluffed bluffing bluffsmore bluffmost bluff

Derivations

8 entries

bluffable bluffer bluffery bluffing bluffish blufflike bluffly bluffness

similar

2 entries

direct steep

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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Hanako called his bluff.

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She was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing that he would carry out his threat.

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As I stood upon the bluff before my cottage on that clear cold night in the early part of March, 1886, the noble Hudson flowing like the grey and silent spectre of a dead river below me, I felt again the strange, compelling influence of the mighty god of war, my beloved Mars, which for ten long and lonesome years I had implored with outstretched arms to carry me back to my lost love.

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We can't call their bluff.

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