Bluffs

//blʌfs//

Synonyms for "bluffs" (433 found)

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Closest matches (87)

direct steep abrupt act act a part acting affable affect affectation aggressive appearance approachable artful dodge artifice artless assume attitudinizing bag of tricks bamboozle barefaced

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Adjective(3 words)

abrupt blunt brusque

Noun(2 words)

alternative fact buttress

Verb(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (130)

circumvent cliff cocky color coloring confiding conjure contemptuous counterfeit cover up cozen crag crude crusty curt curve curve-ball deceive deception delude

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Noun(5 words)

clanker cram feku fib four flush

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humbug humbuggery impersonator impertinent impostor imposture impudent ingenu ingenuous innocent intimidate intimidation joke joker juggle kid laconic let down let on let on like

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make a pretense make a show of make as if make believe make like malapert malingerer masquerade meretriciousness mislead mock mountain mountebank naive nervy no-nonsense obtuse open openhearted ostentation out-herod herod outmaneuver outreach outsmart outspoken outward show outwit overreach palisade palisades pass pert phony pigeon plain plain spoken plain-spoken plainspoken play play a part play one false play possum playact playacting ploy plunging pointless pose poser poseur posing posture precipice precipitous presupposition pretend pretender pretense pretension pretext profess promontory puffery pull a fast one put on put something over put to flight quack quacksalver quackster rage rant ranter rapid rave raver representation ringer rodomontade roister roisterer rollick rough round rounded rude ruse saltimbanco sassy saucy scar scare away scarp scheme scurvy trick seeming semblance severe sham shammer sharp sheer shift short short-tempered show side simple simplehearted simpleminded simulacrum simulate simulation sincere single minded single-hearted single-minded slang sleight sleight of hand sleight-of-hand trick smart smart alecky smart ass smart-alecky smart-ass smoothed snippety snippy snow speciousness splutter sputter storm straight straight out straight-out straightforward stratagem string string along subterfuge surly swagger swaggerer swashbuckle swashbuckler swashbucklery swasher tactless take in talk good game tart temperamental terse to the point transparent trick truculent trustful trusting two time two-time uncalled for uncalled-for unchecked unconstrained unedged unequivocal ungracious unguarded unpointed unreserved unrestrained unsharp unsharpened unsophisticated unsuspicious unwary vapor vaporer varnish vertical wall wile window dressing wise ass wise-ass

Noun(5 words)

lie misinformation pile of shit story terminological inexactitude

Adjective(1 words)

Verb(1 words)

talk a good game

Adjective(1 words)

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I think he bluffs.

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Tom bluffs a lot.

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In the years that followed, the increased numbers of emigrants and gold-seekers resulted in Omaha, Council Bluffs, Brownville, and Nebraska City developing as major river crossing sites and towns.

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Tom always bites his lip when he bluffs.

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