"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"
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Humbug
//ˈhʌmbʌɡ//
Synonyms for "humbug" (270 found)
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Closest matches (54)
Strong matches (81)
colorcoloringconjurecounterfeitcozencrapdeceitdeceivedeceptiondefrauddeludedelusiondiddledisguisedissemblancedissemblingdissimulationdouble crossdouble talkdouble-cross
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double-talkdriveldrooldupeeyewashfacadefacefakefakementfakerfakeryfakingfalderalfalse airfalse frontfalse showfalsityfeigningfeintfiddle faddlefiddle-faddlefiddledeedeeflamflannelflapdoodleflimflamflummeryfolderolfoolforestallfour-flushingfourflusherfrontfudgefustiangabblegalimatiasgammonget aroundgibbergibberishgibble-gabblegiltgimmickglossgobbledegookgobbledygookgullgyphoax
Related words (135)
hocus pocushocus-pocushogwashhokehokumhoodwinkhooeyhornswagglehumbuggeryhumphhypocrisyhypocriteimpersonatorimpostorimposturejabberjargonjiggery-pokeryjugglelet down
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malarkeymalingerermasquerademeretriciousnessmisleadmockmoonshinemountebankmumbo jumbomumbo-jumbomystifynarrishkeitniaiserienonsenseostentationoutmaneuveroutreachoutsmartoutward showoutwitoverreachpack of nonsensepalaverphoneyphonypifflepigeonplay one falseplayactingposeposerposeurposingpostureprateprattlepretencepretenderpretensepretensionpretextpull a fast oneput onput something overquackquackeryquackishnessquackismquacksalverquacksterrantrepresentationriderigamarolerigmaroleringerrip offrip-offrodomontaderotrubbishsaltimbancoseemingsellsell outsemblanceshamshammershowsimulacrumsimulationskimble-skamblesnowspeciousnessspoofstring alongstuffstuff and nonsensestultiloquenceswindletake intrashtricktrumperytwaddletwattletwiddle-twaddletwo timetwo-timevaporingvarnishwafflingwindow dressing
Noun(21 words)
horlickshorse cockjazzmacaroniput-onrookshitsnake oilspivstuffswindlertaradiddletarradiddletommyrottoshtrapantwaddlewasswhiff-whaffwibble
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Intj(1 words)
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Synonyms
2 entriesderived
9 entriesetymologically related_to
4 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
75 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- измама noun (hoax, prank or jest)
- измама noun (fraud or sham)
- измамник noun (fraudster or cheat)
- преструвка noun (fraud or sham)
Esperanto
4 entries- dirlididi intj (balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!)
- fraŭdo noun (fraud or sham)
- fripono noun (fraudster or cheat)
- mistifiko noun (hoax, prank or jest)
Finnish
4 entries- huijari noun (fraudster or cheat)
- huijaus noun (hoax, prank or jest)
- huijaus noun (fraud or sham)
- humpuuki noun (hoax, prank or jest)
German
4 entries- Betrug noun (fraud or sham)
- Gauner noun (fraudster or cheat)
- Halunke noun (fraudster or cheat)
- Hartbonbon noun (hard, sweet candy)
Hungarian
2 entries- humbug noun (fraud or sham)
- átverés noun (fraud or sham)
Italian
1 entries- imbroglio noun (fraud or sham)
Māori
3 entries- hamupaka noun (hoax, prank or jest)
- hamupaka noun (fraudster or cheat)
- rūpahu noun (nonsense)
Romanian
4 entries- escroc noun (fraudster or cheat)
- fraudă noun (fraud or sham)
- glumă noun (hoax, prank or jest)
- impostor noun (fraudster or cheat)
Russian
3 entries- кидала noun (fraudster or cheat)
- надувательство noun (fraud or sham)
- разводка noun (hoax, prank or jest)
Spanish
4 entries- bobería noun (hoax, prank or jest)
- disparate noun (hoax, prank or jest)
- embaucador noun (fraudster or cheat)
- embrollo noun (fraud or sham)
Swedish
4 entries- bedragare noun (fraudster or cheat)
- humbug noun (fraud or sham)
- humbug noun (fraudster or cheat)
- skämt noun (hoax, prank or jest)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
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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