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Hoax

//hoʊks//

Synonyms for "hoax" (111 found)

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Informal (38)

Noun, verb, slang(10 words)

catch string dupe rig gag paste cheat bamboozle scam rip off

Adj, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

game trick phony foist spoof

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

fool bluff con sham gammon

Adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(8 words)

dust junk snow job sell kid pigeon gull

Intj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

humbug diddle hocus-pocus

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(3 words)

get around pull a fast one cheat on

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (73)

Verb(20 words)

take in put on betray let down beguile circumvent deceive victimize defraud outmaneuver string along outwit mystify frame up outsmart delude befool put something over pull someone's leg play a joke on

Adj, noun, verb(6 words)

fake counterfeit tinsel feint chicane phoney

Noun(23 words)

humbug lie imitation nonsense fraud simulacrum put-on deception deceit imposture impostor forgery canard pretence snow job fraudulence fakement rip-off frame-up whited sepulcher

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dupery put-up job con game

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun, verb(13 words)

fraud flimflam overreach conjure gyp juggle cajole flam forestall outreach hoodwink double-cross double cross

Name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Name, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(1 words)

Adj, verb(1 words)

two time hornswaggle put up job play one false

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