Humbug

/ˈhʌmbʌɡ/

Synonyms for "humbug" (256 found)

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Noun(8 words)

claptrap deceive drivel drool dupery fool fraudulence gibberish

color coloring conjure counterfeit cozen crap deceit deceive deception defraud delude delusion diddle disguise dissemblance dissembling dissimulationdouble crossdouble talkdouble-cross

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double-talk drivel drool dupe eyewash facade face fake fakement faker fakery faking falderalfalse airfalse frontfalse showfalsity feigning feintfiddle faddlefiddle-faddle fiddledeedee flam flannel flapdoodle flimflam flummery folderol forestall four-flushing fourflusher fraud front fudge fustian gabble galimatias gammonget aroundgibber gibberish gibble-gabble gilt gimmick gloss gobbledegook gobbledygook gull

Related words (128)

gyp hoaxhocus pocushocus-pocus hogwash hoke hokum hoodwink hooey hornswaggle humbuggery hypocrisy hypocrite impersonator impostor imposture jabber jargon jiggery-pokery juggle

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let downmalarkey malingerer masquerade meretriciousness mislead mock moonshine mountebankmumbo jumbomumbo-jumbo mystify narrishkeit niaiserie nonsense ostentation outmaneuver outreach outsmartoutward showoutwit overreachpack of nonsensepalaver phoney phony piffle pigeonplay one falseplayacting pose poser poseur posing posture prate prattle pretence pretender pretense pretension pretextpull a fast oneput onput something overquack quackery quackishness quackism quacksalver quackster rant representation ride rigamarole rigmarole ringerrip offrip-off rodomontade rot rubbish saltimbanco seeming sellsell outsemblance sham shammer show simulacrum simulation skimble-skamble snow speciousness spoofstring alongstuffstuff and nonsensestultiloquence swindletake intrash trick trumpery twaddle twattle twiddle-twaddletwo timetwo-time vaporing varnish wafflingwindow dressing

Noun(14 words)

hogwash impostor mislead nonsense pshaw put-on scamsnake oiltaradiddle tarradiddle tommyrot tosh trick twaddle

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More general

22 entries

bunk chicane chicanery cozen deceit deceive deception delude discourse exclamation fraudulence guile hokum interjectionlead onmeaninglessness

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More specific

12 entries

charlatan claptrapcon artistdeception exclamationdismissive exclamationdrivel fabrication gibberish hoax hogwashnonsense exclamationskeptical exclamation

Collocations

15 entries

humbug argumenthumbug assertionhumbug claimhumbug datahumbug explanationhumbug narrativehumbug presentationhumbug remarkhumbug reporthumbug rhetorichumbug schemehumbug tacticold humbugpure humbugutter humbug

Inflections

3 entries

humbugged humbugging humbugs

Derivations

2 entries

humbugger humbuggery

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"

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My profession? Poet and humbug.

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After that realisation, she swore off Facebook and all of its concomitant humbug.

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It's all just humbug.

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