Synonyms for hoax
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1. hoax

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

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

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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

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1. hoaxnoun

   Synonyms:
   deception (for sport), cheat, fraud, imposition, practical joke

2. hoaxverb

   Synonyms:
   deceive (jocosely), cheat, impose upon

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1. List of paraphrases for "hoax":

   prank, joke, deception, carve-up, scam, deceit, trick

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1. List of known nicknames for "Hoax":

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How to use hoax in a sentence?

1. Jean Anouilh:

   Talent is like a faucet while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.

2. David Burkard:

   I've had a lot of people say... I'm a hoax. I had someone report me to Facebook for being a fake profile.

3. Zalman Stern, former ITC hacker diety:

   Distributed file systems are a cruel hoax.

4. Faiz Shakur:

   Today, we say to Donald Trump and the fossil fuel industry that climate change is not a hoax but is an existential threat to our country and the entire planet, we intend to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel and into energy efficiency and sustainable energy, and when we do that we are going tocreate millions of good-paying jobs. All of usand every person in this country have a moral responsibility to make certain that the planet we leave to our children and grandchildren is healthy and habitable.

5. 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.