Hoax

//hoʊks//

Synonyms for "hoax" (162 found)

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Translations

138 translations across 35 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • измама noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • номер noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • шега noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • измамвам verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Catalan

1 entries
  • engany noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 惡作劇 /恶作剧 noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • 騙局 /骗局 noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • 作弄 verb (to deceive with a hoax)
  • 戲弄 /戏弄 verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Czech

4 entries
  • falešná zpráva noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • habaďůra noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • kachna noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • mystifikace noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • blago noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • mistifiko noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Faroese

3 entries
  • halda fyri gjøldur verb (to deceive with a hoax)
  • lumpa verb (to deceive with a hoax)
  • villa verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Finnish

2 entries
  • huijaus noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • huijata verb (to deceive with a hoax)

French

4 entries
  • canular noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • intox noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • mystification noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • berner verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Galician

4 entries
  • alburgada noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • algueiro noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • andrómena noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • conto noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

German

4 entries
  • Ente noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • Falschmeldung noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • Gag noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • Schabernack noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Greek

1 entries
  • φάρσα noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מתח verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • beugratás noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • kacsa noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • tréfa noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • átverés noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Ido

1 entries
  • dup-igo verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • hoaks noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Irish

1 entries
  • dallamullóg noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Italian

4 entries
  • bufala noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • frode noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • inganno noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • frodare verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Japanese

4 entries
  • でっち上げ noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • ペテン noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • 悪戯 noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • ペテンに掛ける verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Khiamniungan Naga

3 entries
  • yânglòupīng noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • yāng-ō noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • yânglòupīng verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Korean

2 entries
  • 사기치다 verb (to deceive with a hoax)
  • 속임수를 쓰다 verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • melagiena verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Lushootseed

2 entries
  • səxʷʔiw̓adəb noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • səxʷʔiw̓adəb verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Malay

2 entries
  • olok-olok noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • olokan noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Māori

4 entries
  • māminga noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • tinihanga noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • māminga verb (to deceive with a hoax)
  • tinihanga verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • bedrag noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • puss noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Polish

4 entries
  • mistyfikacja noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • szalbierstwo noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • oszukać verb (to deceive with a hoax)
  • oszukiwać verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • embuste noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • embustice noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • fraude noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • logro noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Romanian

3 entries
  • cioară vopsită noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • fumigenă noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • păcăli verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Russian

4 entries
  • мистифика́ция noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • обма́н noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • ро́зыгрыш noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • трюк noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Sicilian

3 entries
  • mbrogghiu noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • mbrusatura noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • pigghiata pû culu noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Spanish

4 entries
  • borrego noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • bulo noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • embuste noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • engaño noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Swedish

3 entries
  • bluff noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
  • bedra verb (to deceive with a hoax)
  • lura verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • talimangmang noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chơi khăm verb (to deceive with a hoax)
  • lừa đảo verb (to deceive with a hoax)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cast noun (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Is the Loch Ness monster real or is it just an elaborate hoax?

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My grandpa believes that the moon landing was a hoax.

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It was a hoax.

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It could be a hoax.

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