What is another word for Bluffing?
866 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ blˈʌfɪŋ], [ blˈʌfɪŋ], [ b_l_ˈʌ_f_ɪ_ŋ]
Bluffing is a term that is used to describe when someone pretends to have more power, knowledge, or resources than they actually do in order to influence a situation in their favor. There are many synonyms for bluffing, such as deceiving, tricking, misleading, bamboozling, hoodwinking, fooling, or duping. Moreover, bluffing is also related to other terms such as blustering, posturing, and intimidating, which also involve attempting to appear more confident or knowledgeable than one actually is. Whether it's in a game of poker or in a professional negotiation, bluffing can be a useful tool when used correctly, but it's important to be careful not to cross the line into dishonesty.
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Synonyms for Bluffing:
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adj.
• dishonest • pretended • sly -
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v.
• boasting • pretending Other relevant words:
- abduct ,
- abstract ,
- acquire ,
- adulterous ,
- affect ,
- affectedness ,
- agency ,
- aim ,
- airs ,
- alluring ,
- alter ,
- amaze ,
- ambuscade ,
- ambush ,
- amuse ,
- annotate ,
- annoying ,
- antic ,
- apparent ,
- appearing ,
- application ,
- arch ,
- arrest ,
- arrive ,
- aspect ,
- assume ,
- assumed ,
- attitude ,
- aureate ,
- baffle ,
- baloney ,
- battlefront ,
- bear witness ,
- bearded darnel ,
- bearing ,
- beat ,
- becharm ,
- become ,
- beget ,
- begin ,
- beguiler ,
- beleaguer ,
- bemuse ,
- besiege ,
- betrayal ,
- bewitch ,
- bewray ,
- big ,
- bilgewater ,
- blind ,
- bluff out ,
- blusterous ,
- blustery ,
- boast ,
- boastful ,
- bold ,
- boldness ,
- boloney ,
- bosh ,
- bothersome ,
- brag ,
- braggart ,
- braggy ,
- brass ,
- breast ,
- bribable ,
- bring ,
- bring down ,
- bring forth ,
- bugger off ,
- bunco ,
- bunk ,
- bunker ,
- bunko ,
- bunko game ,
- burlesque ,
- burnish ,
- buzz off ,
- cabbage ,
- cakehole ,
- camouflage ,
- caper ,
- captivate ,
- capture ,
- carriage ,
- case ,
- catch ,
- cause ,
- charade ,
- charm ,
- cheat on ,
- cheater ,
- cheek ,
- chess ,
- chicane ,
- chisel ,
- chouse ,
- cloaked ,
- clowning ,
- coating ,
- cock-a-hoop ,
- cock-and-bull story ,
- color in ,
- coloration ,
- coloring material ,
- colorise ,
- colorize ,
- colour ,
- colouration ,
- colourise ,
- colourize ,
- comb-out ,
- come ,
- coming into court ,
- commence ,
- comment ,
- computer simulation ,
- con game ,
- confidence game ,
- confidence trick ,
- confront ,
- conjuration ,
- conjuring trick ,
- constrain ,
- contract ,
- convey ,
- convict ,
- cook ,
- corruptible ,
- cover ,
- craft ,
- craftiness ,
- crafty ,
- crow ,
- cuckold ,
- cunning ,
- dalliance ,
- darnel ,
- daunting ,
- dawdling ,
- deceiver ,
- delegacy ,
- delusive ,
- delusory ,
- demo ,
- demonstrate ,
- denounce ,
- depict ,
- designate ,
- develop ,
- deviate ,
- diddle ,
- directional ,
- directive ,
- dirty ,
- discolor ,
- discolour ,
- discombobulate ,
- disdainful ,
- disguised ,
- dishonorable ,
- disorderliness ,
- display ,
- disport ,
- disproof ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembling ,
- distort ,
- dodge ,
- dodgy ,
- double-dealing ,
- draw ,
- drive ,
- drool ,
- duck ,
- dumbfound ,
- dupery ,
- effigy ,
- elude ,
- emblazon ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- enforce ,
- engender ,
- enticing ,
- entrance ,
- establish ,
- evade ,
- evidence ,
- evince ,
- exhibit ,
- experience ,
- exploitation ,
- express ,
- expression ,
- face up ,
- facial expression ,
- fail ,
- fairy story ,
- fairy tale ,
- fairytale ,
- faithlessly ,
- faithlessness ,
- fake ,
- faker ,
- falderol ,
- false belief ,
- falsehood ,
- fancy ,
- fancy dress ,
- fanfare ,
- fantasy ,
- fascinate ,
- fast one ,
- father ,
- faux ,
- feign ,
- feigning ,
- fetch ,
- fickleness ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- figurehead ,
- filch ,
- find ,
- fix ,
- flash ,
- flim-flam ,
- flirt with ,
- flummox ,
- fob ,
- folderal ,
- font ,
- food color ,
- food coloring ,
- forepart ,
- foul ,
- fount ,
- four flush ,
- fox ,
- foxiness ,
- foxy ,
- frame ,
- fraudulence ,
- frill ,
- frivolity ,
- front end ,
- front line ,
- front man ,
- frontage ,
- frontal ,
- fuck off ,
- fudge ,
- galling ,
- garble ,
- gasconade ,
- generate ,
- get down ,
- get under one's skin ,
- gilded ,
- gilding ,
- gimcrack ,
- gimcrackery ,
- give away ,
- glee ,
- gloat ,
- glossary ,
- glossiness ,
- go ,
- gob ,
- gold ,
- goldbrick ,
- golden ,
- grass ,
- gravel ,
- grimace ,
- grow ,
- guiding ,
- guileful ,
- guise ,
- harbor ,
- harbour ,
- harlequinade ,
- haughty ,
- have ,
- head game ,
- hedge ,
- hem in ,
- histrionics ,
- hive off ,
- hoax ,
- hocus-pocus ,
- hokum ,
- hold ,
- hole ,
- hollowness ,
- hook ,
- hornswoggle ,
- human face ,
- hustle ,
- image ,
- imagination ,
- imaginativeness ,
- imitation ,
- immobilise ,
- immobilize ,
- imperious ,
- impersonate ,
- impersonation ,
- implike ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- inconstancy ,
- incur ,
- indicate ,
- induce ,
- indulge ,
- inflation ,
- inflict ,
- inmate ,
- insincerity ,
- internal representation ,
- interpolate ,
- irritating ,
- jactitation ,
- jeer ,
- jeering ,
- jiggery-pokery ,
- jockey ,
- joke ,
- juggle ,
- kidnap ,
- knavery ,
- knavish ,
- lampoon ,
- largeness ,
- lay ,
- lead astray ,
- lead by the nose ,
- lead on ,
- learn ,
- legerdemain ,
- let ,
- let down ,
- levy ,
- lift ,
- likeness ,
- line-shooting ,
- look ,
- lordly ,
- lure ,
- lying in wait ,
- magic ,
- magic trick ,
- make ,
- make-believe ,
- manipulate ,
- mannerism ,
- mask ,
- masking ,
- masque ,
- masquerade costume ,
- masquerade party ,
- maw ,
- meaninglessness ,
- memorise ,
- memorize ,
- mental representation ,
- meretriciousness ,
- military capability ,
- military posture ,
- military strength ,
- mischievous ,
- misdirect ,
- misguide ,
- misinform ,
- misleading ,
- misrepresent ,
- misrepresentation ,
- mistaken ,
- mocking ,
- model ,
- mother ,
- movement ,
- mulct ,
- natural covering ,
- negligible ,
- nerve ,
- nettlesome ,
- nominal head ,
- nonplus ,
- nonsensical ,
- nonsensicality ,
- nurse ,
- obtain ,
- off-key ,
- ostensible ,
- ostentatiousness ,
- outfox ,
- outsmart ,
- overbearing ,
- paltry ,
- pander ,
- parody ,
- parry ,
- pasquinade ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- perfidiousness ,
- perfidy ,
- performing ,
- perplex ,
- personate ,
- pesky ,
- pestering ,
- pestiferous ,
- phantasy ,
- picture ,
- pilfer ,
- pin ,
- pin down ,
- pinch ,
- pixilated ,
- place ,
- plaguey ,
- plaguy ,
- play a joke on ,
- play a trick on ,
- play false ,
- play tricks ,
- playing ,
- poignant ,
- point ,
- polish ,
- pomposity ,
- pompousness ,
- position ,
- postiche ,
- prank ,
- prankish ,
- presence ,
- present ,
- pretence ,
- pretend ,
- pretender ,
- pretentiousness ,
- prideful ,
- produce ,
- prove ,
- pseud ,
- pseudo ,
- psychotic belief ,
- puckish ,
- puffiness ,
- pull a fast one on ,
- pull the wool over someone's eyes ,
- punic ,
- purchasable ,
- purloin ,
- put ,
- put off ,
- put on ,
- put-on ,
- puzzle ,
- quizzical ,
- rat ,
- read ,
- receive ,
- record ,
- refutation ,
- register ,
- render ,
- ribbing ,
- rig ,
- rip ,
- role player ,
- rook ,
- roughness ,
- rowdyism ,
- rubric ,
- sand trap ,
- satisfy ,
- scaffolding ,
- scam ,
- scoff ,
- scoffing ,
- score ,
- scram ,
- screening ,
- screw ,
- seal ,
- self-aggrandising ,
- self-aggrandizing ,
- self-deceit ,
- self-praise ,
- sell ,
- send-up ,
- sendup ,
- set ,
- set about ,
- set out ,
- set up ,
- shaft ,
- shammer ,
- sheer ,
- shenanigan ,
- shew ,
- shit ,
- shop ,
- short-change ,
- show up ,
- side ,
- sidestep ,
- sight ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- sire ,
- sit ,
- sitting ,
- skirt ,
- skulduggery ,
- skullduggery ,
- slick ,
- slicker ,
- slickness ,
- slyness ,
- snake oil ,
- snare ,
- snarf ,
- snatch ,
- sneak ,
- sniffy ,
- snitch ,
- snow ,
- social movement ,
- sour ,
- splashiness ,
- spoof ,
- stag ,
- stalking-horse ,
- stance ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- steal ,
- stick ,
- stimulate ,
- sting ,
- straw man ,
- strawman ,
- strength ,
- stupefy ,
- suffer ,
- supercilious ,
- surround ,
- sustain ,
- swashbuckling ,
- swindle ,
- swipe ,
- take ,
- takeoff ,
- taradiddle ,
- tare ,
- tarradiddle ,
- tear away ,
- tear off ,
- tease ,
- tell on ,
- tempt ,
- tempting ,
- testify ,
- theatrical ,
- theatrical performance ,
- theatrical production ,
- think about ,
- think of ,
- throw ,
- tinge ,
- tommyrot ,
- tosh ,
- touching ,
- toy with ,
- traitorously ,
- trammel ,
- trance ,
- travesty ,
- treacherous ,
- treacherously ,
- treason ,
- treasonably ,
- trickster ,
- tricksy ,
- tricky ,
- trumpery ,
- twaddle ,
- two-timing ,
- typeface ,
- unavowed ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- untrue ,
- untruth ,
- usher ,
- using ,
- vaporing ,
- venal ,
- vex ,
- vexatious ,
- vexing ,
- victimisation ,
- victimise ,
- viewing ,
- visit ,
- visual aspect ,
- visual modality ,
- visual sensation ,
- visual sense ,
- vividness ,
- wander ,
- wangle ,
- warp ,
- web ,
- whoremaster ,
- whoremonger ,
- wicked ,
- wiliness ,
- wily ,
- yap ,
- yard bird ,
- yardbird .
- Blunting ,
- CWN ,
- Deluding ,
- Dissemblance ,
- Faying ,
- Finessing ,
- Fooling ,
- Franking ,
- GIAT ,
- Got ,
- Hilling ,
- Hoaxing ,
- Kidding ,
- PDSE ,
- Peaking ,
- Phantasm ,
- RUSD ,
- SFY ,
- Scaring ,
- Shaming ,
- Shamming ,
- Sheering ,
- Steeping ,
- Swindling ,
- TSAP ,
- Tricking ,
- WILB ,
- acting ,
- affectation ,
- appearance ,
- artifice ,
- bamboozle ,
- banking ,
- beguile ,
- beguiling ,
- betray ,
- bewilder ,
- bluff ,
- bolding ,
- bullshitting ,
- cheat ,
- cheating ,
- chicanery ,
- circumvent ,
- circumvention ,
- color ,
- coloring ,
- colouring ,
- con ,
- cozen ,
- deceit ,
- deceitfulness ,
- deceive ,
- deceivingly ,
- deception ,
- deceptive ,
- deceptively ,
- defraud ,
- delude ,
- delusion ,
- directing ,
- disappoint ,
- disguise ,
- dishonest ,
- dishonesty ,
- dissimulation ,
- divert ,
- duplicity ,
- ensnare ,
- entanglement ,
- entertain ,
- entice ,
- entrap ,
- entrapment ,
- facade ,
- face ,
- fafe ,
- fakery ,
- fallacy ,
- false ,
- false front ,
- false show ,
- falseness ,
- falsification ,
- falsify ,
- falsity ,
- feint ,
- feinting ,
- flimflam ,
- fraud ,
- front ,
- get ,
- gilt ,
- gloss ,
- gratify ,
- guile ,
- hallucination ,
- hoodwink ,
- humbug ,
- illusion ,
- impose ,
- imposture ,
- intimidating ,
- masquerade ,
- mirage ,
- mislead ,
- misleadingly ,
- moving ,
- mystify ,
- nobble ,
- ostentation ,
- outwit ,
- overreach ,
- playacting ,
- pose ,
- posture ,
- pretense ,
- pretension ,
- pretext ,
- representation ,
- rip off ,
- roughing ,
- ruse ,
- seduce ,
- seeming ,
- self-deception ,
- semblance ,
- shak ,
- sham ,
- shimming ,
- show ,
- simulacrum ,
- simulation ,
- sly ,
- snow job ,
- song and dance ,
- speciousness ,
- spoofing ,
- subterfuge ,
- trap ,
- treachery ,
- trick ,
- trickery ,
- untruthful ,
- varnish ,
- victimization ,
- victimize ,
- vision ,
- wile ,
- window dressing ,
- wishful thinking .
How to use "Bluffing" in context?
Katherine is one of world's top poker players. Known for her uncanny ability to bluff, she is able to fool her opponents into thinking she has less cards than she actually does. Here's a look at what Katherine's strategy looks like.
When playing poker, it's important to have a strong sense of Read More
Bluffing is a technique used by poker players to fool their opponents into thinking they have less cards than they actually do. When playing poker, it's important to have a strong sense of what your opponent is likely to do.
Paraphrases for Bluffing:
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
appearing, laughing, pretending, Kidding, Resembling, Shamming, faking, 'slaughing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Homophones for Bluffing:
- bellhop, bully off, bolivia, blue baby, bio lab, blow up, blab, bull bay, bleep, blow off, bivalvia, belly-up, bay leaf, bubble up, blebby, blub, bailiff, blue pea, balboa, ball boy, bellboy, bible leaf, ball up, belief, blabby, blowpipe, blowup, ballup, blue poppy, bilby, bleb, belly whop, bullyboy, bivalve, blip, behalf, believe, blob, beowulf, bell buoy, bulb, bully beef.
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thinkingly
- Synonyms:
- intelligently, meditatively, pensively, reflectively, thoughtfully, Contemplatively, fancily, Ponderingly.
