Flimflam

/ˈflɪmflæm/

Synonyms for "flimflam" (257 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Strong matches (77)

Related words (128)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

12 entries
cheatcommunicationcrimedeceptiondeceptive practicedescriptive termfraudnegative descriptorpejorative descriptorrigspeechswindle

More specific

18 entries
bamboozlebogus assertionbogus claimconconfidence gamedupeempty rhetoricfraudulent transactiongabguffhoaxphony adpufferyrip-offscamspecious argument

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Collocations

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financial flimflamflimflam advertisingflimflam artistflimflam claimsflimflam deviceflimflam operationflimflam pitchflimflam ployflimflam rhetoricflimflam schemeflimflam tacticflimflam tacticspolitical flimflamverbal flimflam

Inflections

5 entries
flimflammedflimflammingflimflamsmore flimflammost flimflam

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t.

Source: wiktionary

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