Flimflam

/ˈflɪmflæm/

Synonyms for "flimflam" (257 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Noun(10 words)

con baloney bluster bogus buncobunco gamebunkobunko gamecheat claptrap

balderdashballot-box stuffingballs baloney bamboozle bamboozlement beat befool befooling beguilebeguile ofbilk blague blather bluffing boodle bosh boutade brainstorm bull

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bullshit bunco buncombe bunk bunkum burncalculated deceptioncapriccio caprice cardsharping catch cheat cheating chicane chisel chousechouse out ofcircumvention claptrapcock-and-bull storycogcog the dice

Strong matches (77)

con conceit conning cozen cozenage crank crap crazecrazy ideacrib crotchet deceit deceiving deception deceptiveness defraud defrauding delusion delusiveness diddle

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diddling dishonesty dodo indo out ofdodge doodle double-talk drivel dupery dust enmeshment ensnarement entanglement entrapment euchre exaggeration eyewash fadfairy talefake fallaciousness fallacy falsehood falseness falsity fancyfantastic notionfantasyfarfetched storyfarrago fib fiction fiddle finaglefish storyfishy transactionflam fleece flimflammery fobfond illusionfoolfool notionfooling fraud fraudulence fraudulency

Noun(9 words)

con gameconfidence gameconfidence trickdeceive deceptive defraud dupe empty fraud

Related words (128)

Noun(13 words)

fraudulent hoax hustle insincere mislead nonsense rhetoric scam specious spurious sting trick trickery

freakfreakish inspirationfudge gammon gerrymanderingghost storygouge graft grift gull gypgyp jointhalf truthhalf-truth hallucinationharebrained ideahave hoax hocus hocus-pocus

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hogwash hoke hokum hoodwink hoodwinking hooeyhot airhumbug humbuggery humorillicit businessillusion imposition imposture jazz jiggery-pokery job kid kidding kinklegal fictionlielittle white liemaggot megrim mendacity mirage moonshine mulct notion outwitting overreach overreachingpack the dealpassing fancyphantasm pigeonpious fictionpractice fraud uponprevarication preyputting onquirk racket ramp rig rook scam screw self-deception sellsell gold brickssham shave shortchangeslight stretchingsnow jobsong and dancespoof spoofery spoofingstack the cardsstick sting story subterfuge swindle swindling taketake a divetake intaletall storytall taletaradiddle thimblerigthrow a fighttoy trickiness trickingtrumped-up storytrumpery untruth vagary victimization victimize vision whimwhim whamwhim-wham whimsywhite liewillful misconceptionwishful thinkingyarn

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

12 entries

cheat communication crime deceptiondeceptive practicedescriptive termfraudnegative descriptorpejorative descriptorrig speech swindle

More specific

18 entries

bamboozlebogus assertionbogus claimconconfidence gamedupeempty rhetoricfraudulent transactiongab guff hoaxphony adpuffery rip-off scamspecious argument

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Collocations

14 entries

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

Inflections

5 entries

flimflammed flimflamming flimflamsmore flimflammost flimflam

Derivations

5 entries

flimflamery flimflamish flimflammer flimflammery flimflammy

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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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