Hoax

/hoʊks/

Synonyms for "hoax" (146 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(8 words)

fraud canard canards conning cons contrivances deceive deception

bamboozle befool beguile betray bluff cajole canard catch cheatcheat onchicane circumvent clinquant concon gameconjure counterfeit cozen deceit deceive

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deception

Adjective(1 words)

bogus

Strong matches (43)

defraud delude diddledouble crossdouble-cross dummy dupe dust fake fakement feint flam flimflam foist fool forestall forgeryframe upframe-up fraud

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gag game gammonget aroundgull gyp hocus-pocus hoodwink hornswaggle humbug

Noun(12 words)

dupery executefake artifactfake claimfakesfalse storyfiction fool forgery fraudulence gulling gulls

Verb(1 words)

fooled

Related words (73)

Noun(17 words)

humbug humbugs larking lie misinformation mislead nonsense orchestrate prankpull offput-on pyramid sham shenanigan spoofs stage trick

imitation impostor imposture job jolly juggle junk kidlet downmock mystify outmaneuver outreach outsmart outwit overreach paste phoney phony pigeon

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pinchbeckplay one falsepretencepull a fast oneput onput something overput up jobput-onput-up jobrigrip offrip-off ruse scam sell sham shoddy simulacrum snowsnow jobspoof stringstring alongswindletake intinsel tricktwo timetwo-time victimizewhited sepulcher

Verb(4 words)

misleadsplay a joke onpull someone's legput on

Adjective(1 words)

schemed events

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5 relation types

More general

14 entries

artifact chicane chicanery cozen deceive deception delude guilelead onmisinformation shenanigan trickery wile

More specific

9 entries

fake newsforged relicfraudonline hoaxprankpublicity stuntrumorstage prankstaged artifact

Collocations

8 entries

hoax articlehoax campaignhoax storymass hoaxmedia hoaxpublic hoaxpublicity hoaxviral hoax

Inflections

3 entries

hoaxed hoaxes hoaxing

Derivations

2 entries

hoaxable hoaxer

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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