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Synonyms for hoax
hoʊkshoax
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Princeton's WordNet
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, prankhoax, 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hoaxnoun
Synonyms:
deception (for sport), cheat, fraud, imposition, practical jokehoaxverb
Synonyms:
deceive (jocosely), cheat, impose upon
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3222 | fox | |
#4480 | fraud | |
#6134 | fake | |
#6675 | joke | |
#7167 | trick | |
#11065 | scam | |
#12811 | pseudo | |
#15524 | deception | |
#18520 | parody | |
#19024 | fob | |
#20014 | sham | |
#22497 | hoax | |
#27783 | spoof | |
#29414 | prank | |
#30154 | deceit | |
#33962 | takeoff | |
#37819 | drool | |
#40057 | gammon | |
#40207 | caper | |
#40443 | mockery | |
#44008 | lampoon | |
#46000 | dupe | |
#46106 | tosh | |
#47210 | burlesque | |
#47257 | charade | |
#49733 | bosh | |
#50882 | humbug | |
#55561 | pretender | |
#56153 | travesty | |
#69173 | duplicity | |
#69823 | imposter | |
#74774 | baloney | |
#78721 | impostor | |
#79626 | antic | |
#110573 | bamboozle | |
#116761 | twaddle | |
#130303 | faker | |
#133752 | pseud | |
#323539 | fraudulence |
How to use hoax in a sentence?
After much digging, we were able to make out the date, the coordinates, the ship’s name and direction of the voyage (Cardiff in Wales to Makassar in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia), it was clearly very exciting but we needed a lot more information. We wanted to know if what we had found was historically significant or a very inventive hoax.
Impeachment is a hoax. It's a sham, there was nothing done wrong. To use the power of impeachment for this nonsense is an embarrassment to this country.
The only reason that Jussie Smollett thought Jussie Smollett could get away with this hoax about a hate crime is because of the environment President Trump created.
I knew it was a hoax but I think a lot of people that were close to me knew gender equality was an issue but didn’t think it was that urgent, that it was a thing of the past.
And for them to be doing this, saying this and putting an impeachment on the table, which is a hoax....
Translations for hoax
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- خدعةArabic
- napálit, kachna, podvést, žert, podvod, mystifikaceCzech
- hereinlegen, anführen, Schabernack, Trick, StreichGerman
- φάρσαGreek
- filfa, bulo, farsaSpanish
- فریبPersian
- huijaus, huijataFinnish
- canular, duper, mystification, berner, intoxFrench
- מתחHebrew
- छलHindi
- átverésHungarian
- berita palsuIndonesian
- frodare, frodeItalian
- ペテンに掛ける, ペテン, 悪戯, でっち上げJapanese
- ವಂಚನೆKannada
- hoaxDutch
- puss, bedragNorwegian
- mistyfikacja, szalbierstwoPolish
- fraudar, fraudePortuguese
- cioara vopsitaRomanian
- трюк, разыгрывать, обман, розыгрыш, мистификация, разыгратьRussian
- గాలివార్తTelugu
- หลอกลวงThai
- şakaTurkish
- בלאָףYiddish
- 惡作劇Chinese
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