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Antonyms for hoax
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  1. hoax

    Antonyms:
    guide, enlighten, undeceive, inform, direct, correct, regulate

    Synonyms:
    befool, gammon, bamboozle, dupe, trick, trepan

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  1. fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-onverb

    something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

    Synonyms:
    pasquinade, put-on, tarradiddle, duplicity, drool, twaddle, bilgewater, caper, burlesque, fraud, parody, baloney, takeoff, joke, mockery, tommyrot, humbug, pretender, charade, fake, faker, impostor, role player, sham, fraudulence, dupery, pseud, trick, pseudo, antic, lampoon, shammer, snake oil, travesty, sendup, tosh, boloney, deceit, taradiddle, spoof, imposter, bosh, prank

  2. hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke onverb

    subject to a playful hoax or joke

    Synonyms:
    play tricks, play a joke on, play a trick on, trick, flim-flam, fox, fob, pull a fast one on, pull someone's leg

How to use hoax in a sentence?

  1. President Donald Trump:

    I will say that you're going to be speaker of the House because of this impeachment hoax. I really believe it, and I'm going to work hard on it. I'm going to try and get out to those Trump areas that we won by a lot. And you know, in'18 we didn't win.

  2. Some Democrats:

    I did not watch it. I'm too busy to watch it, it's a witch hunt, it's a hoax. I'm too busy to watch it. So I'm sure I'll get a report.

  3. Scott Applewhite -RRB- Hannity:

    Democrats are now attempting to investigate, believe it or not, the Russia hoax for yet a fifth time. Today they moved forward with a plan. They want to go after the A.G. And former White House counsel, Don McGahn ... and hold them in contempt for refusing to participate in their sham hearings.

  4. Nenye Uche:

    So is Pam Sharp also planning a hoax with Jussie Smollett -LRB- center -RRB- ? Ridiculous !

  5. Donald Trump:

    When will this very expensive Witch Hunt Hoax ever end?

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