What is another word for hoax?
1113 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈə͡ʊks], [ hˈəʊks], [ h_ˈəʊ_k_s]
A hoax is a false or misleading story, which is often spread with the intention of deceiving people. If you are looking for synonyms for this word, there are several options to choose from. Some of the most commonly used synonyms for hoax include deception, fraud, sham, trickery, falsification, forgery, and charlatanism. Other similar words that can be used instead of hoax include fabrication, masquerade, deceit, pretense, and spoof. No matter which synonym you use, they all refer to something that is being presented as true or real, but which is actually false. Always be aware of hoaxes and false information.
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Similar words for hoax:
- cheat (noun)
- counterfeit (noun)
- deceit (noun)
- deception (noun)
- fake (noun)
- feint (noun)
- fraud (noun)
- game (noun)
- hocus-pocus (noun)
- imposition (noun)
- jest (noun)
- rumor (noun)
- ruse (noun)
- scam (noun)
- shift (noun)
- sleight (noun)
- spoof (noun)
- swindle (noun)
- trick (noun)
- trickery (noun)
- wile (noun)
- bamboozle (verb)
- con (verb)
- deceive (verb)
- defraud (verb)
- delude (verb)
- do (verb)
- dupe (verb)
- fool (verb)
- hoodwink (verb)
- kid (verb)
- mislead (verb)
- outsmart (verb)
- outthink (verb)
- outwit (verb)
- outwit/outsmart (verb)
- social (verb)
- string along (verb)
- trick (verb)
- victimize (verb)
Synonyms for Hoax:
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- scheme .
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- entrap .
- bamboozlements ,
- bill goods ,
- buncos ,
- cozenings ,
- doubledealing ,
- fast ones ,
- fast shuffles ,
- hankypanky ,
- hoaxings ,
- puton ,
- shady deals .
- fraudulences ,
- mis representation ,
- mis representations ,
- mis-representation ,
- mis-representations ,
- pre tense ,
- pre tenses ,
- pre-tense ,
- smoke mirrors .
- four flusher ,
- four flushers ,
- four-flushers ,
- fourflushers ,
- gold bricks ,
- makebelieve ,
- pre tender ,
- pre tenders ,
- pre-tender ,
- pre-tenders .
- dis traction ,
- dis tractions ,
- dis-traction ,
- dis-tractions ,
- hoodwinkings ,
- mock attacks ,
- pre tensions ,
- pre-tensions .
- Hocuspocus ,
- Mummeries ,
- Occultism ,
- gobbledegook ,
- incantation ,
- magic word ,
- magic words ,
- mummery ,
- nonsense .
- back fence talk ,
- back fence talks ,
- back-fence talks ,
- backfence talk ,
- backfence talks ,
- dis patch ,
- dis patches ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patches ,
- earfuls .
- re course ,
- re courses ,
- re source ,
- re sources ,
- re-course ,
- re-courses ,
- re-sort ,
- re-sorts ,
- re-source ,
- re-sources .
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• bamboozle • con • deceive- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be tray ,
- be trays ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- be-tray ,
- be-trays ,
- beating out of ,
- beats out of ,
- buffaloing ,
- crossed up ,
- crosses up ,
- crossing up ,
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- impose up on ,
- imposed up on ,
- imposes up on ,
- imposing up on ,
- imposing upon ,
- played joke on ,
- playing joke on ,
- plays joke on ,
- pulled fast one ,
- pulling fast one ,
- pulls fast one ,
- sucking in ,
- sucks in ,
- take cleaners ,
- takes cleaners ,
- takes for ,
- takes for ride ,
- takes to cleaners ,
- taking cleaners ,
- taking for ,
- taking to cleaners ,
- took advantage of ,
- took cleaners ,
- took for ,
- took for ride ,
- took to cleaners .
- Choused ,
- Chousing ,
- chouses ,
- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- did number on ,
- didst number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth number on ,
- sucker in to ,
- suckered in to ,
- suckered into ,
- suckering in to ,
- suckering into ,
- suckers in to ,
- suckers into ,
- take cleaner ,
- take cleaner's ,
- take the cleaner ,
- take the cleaner's ,
- take the cleaners ,
- take to cleaner ,
- take to cleaner's ,
- take to the cleaner ,
- takes cleaner ,
- takes cleaner's ,
- takes the cleaner ,
- takes the cleaner's ,
- takes the cleaners ,
- takes to cleaner ,
- takes to cleaner's ,
- takes to the cleaner ,
- takes to the cleaner's ,
- takes to the cleaners ,
- taking cleaner ,
- taking cleaner's ,
- taking the cleaner ,
- taking the cleaner's ,
- taking the cleaners ,
- taking to cleaner ,
- taking to cleaner's ,
- taking to the cleaner ,
- taking to the cleaner's ,
- taking to the cleaners ,
- took cleaner ,
- took cleaner's ,
- took the cleaner ,
- took the cleaner's ,
- took the cleaners ,
- took to cleaner ,
- took to cleaner's ,
- took to the cleaner ,
- took to the cleaner's ,
- took to the cleaners .
- Illuded ,
- Illuding ,
- caboodled ,
- caboodles ,
- caboodling ,
- de lude ,
- de ludes ,
- de-lude ,
- de-ludes ,
- did a number on ,
- didst a number on ,
- dis inform ,
- dis informed ,
- dis informing ,
- dis informs ,
- dis-inform ,
- dis-informed ,
- dis-informing ,
- dis-informs ,
- disinforming ,
- disinforms ,
- does a number on ,
- doest a number on ,
- doeth a number on ,
- doing a number on ,
- dost a number on ,
- doth a number on ,
- illudes ,
- imposed on ,
- imposing on ,
- lead garden path ,
- leading garden path ,
- leading up garden path ,
- leads garden path ,
- leads up garden path ,
- led garden path ,
- led up garden path ,
- mis guide ,
- mis guides ,
- mis guiding ,
- mis-guide ,
- mis-guided ,
- mis-guiding ,
- mousetrapped ,
- mousetrapping ,
- out fox ,
- out foxed ,
- out foxes ,
- out foxing ,
- out-fox ,
- out-foxes ,
- out-foxing ,
- played trick on ,
- playing trick on .
- over reach ,
- over reached ,
- over reaches ,
- over reaching ,
- over-reach ,
- over-reached ,
- over-reaches ,
- over-reaching ,
- takes for a ride ,
- taking for a ride ,
- took for a ride .
- jerking around ,
- jerks around ,
- pull one leg ,
- pull ones leg ,
- pulled leg ,
- pulled one leg ,
- pulled one's leg ,
- pulled ones leg ,
- pulled something ,
- pulling leg ,
- pulling one leg ,
- pulling ones leg ,
- pulling something ,
- pulls leg ,
- pulls one leg ,
- pulls one's leg ,
- pulls ones leg ,
- pulls something ,
- ropes in ,
- roping in .
- fakes out ,
- faking out ,
- juked ,
- juking ,
- out-foxed ,
- played a trick on ,
- playing a trick on ,
- plays a trick on ,
- plays trick on ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tending ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tending ,
- pre-tends ,
- puts one over on ,
- putting one over on .
- pull the wool over eyes ,
- pull the wool over one eyes ,
- pull the wool over ones eyes ,
- pull wool over one eyes ,
- pull wool over one's eyes ,
- pull wool over ones eyes ,
- pulled a fast one ,
- pulled the wool over eyes ,
- pulled the wool over one eyes ,
- pulled the wool over one's eyes ,
- pulled the wool over ones eyes ,
- pulled wool over eyes ,
- pulled wool over one eyes ,
- pulled wool over one's eyes ,
- pulled wool over ones eyes ,
- pulling a fast one ,
- pulling the wool over eyes ,
- pulling the wool over one eyes ,
- pulling the wool over one's eyes ,
- pulling the wool over ones eyes ,
- pulling wool over eyes ,
- pulling wool over one eyes ,
- pulling wool over one's eyes ,
- pulling wool over ones eyes ,
- pulls a fast one ,
- pulls the wool over eyes ,
- pulls the wool over one eyes ,
- pulls the wool over one's eyes ,
- pulls the wool over ones eyes ,
- pulls wool over eyes ,
- pulls wool over one eyes ,
- pulls wool over one's eyes ,
- pulls wool over ones eyes .
- leads astray ,
- mis direct ,
- mis directed ,
- mis directing ,
- mis directs ,
- mis inform ,
- mis informed ,
- mis informing ,
- mis informs ,
- mis lead ,
- mis leading ,
- mis leads ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-direct ,
- mis-directed ,
- mis-directing ,
- mis-directs ,
- mis-guides ,
- mis-inform ,
- mis-informed ,
- mis-informing ,
- mis-informs ,
- mis-lead ,
- mis-leading ,
- mis-leads ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- misguides .
- Outgeneraled ,
- Outgeneraling ,
- Outgeneralled ,
- Outgeneralling ,
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- end ran ,
- end running ,
- end runs ,
- end-ran ,
- end-running ,
- end-runs ,
- endran ,
- endrun ,
- endrunning ,
- endruns ,
- made a fool of ,
- made a monkey of ,
- made fool of ,
- made monkey of ,
- make fool of ,
- make monkey of ,
- makes a fool of ,
- makes a monkey of ,
- makes fool of ,
- makes monkey of ,
- making a fool of ,
- making a monkey of ,
- making fool of ,
- making monkey of ,
- out did ,
- out does ,
- out doing ,
- out done ,
- out general ,
- out generals ,
- out guess ,
- out guessed ,
- out guesses ,
- out guessing ,
- out jockey ,
- out jockeyed ,
- out jockeying ,
- out jockeys ,
- out maneuvered ,
- out maneuvering ,
- out maneuvers ,
- out smarted ,
- out smarting ,
- out smarts ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-did ,
- out-does ,
- out-doing ,
- out-done ,
- out-general ,
- out-generals ,
- out-guess ,
- out-guessed ,
- out-guesses ,
- out-guessing ,
- out-jockey ,
- out-jockeyed ,
- out-jockeying ,
- out-jockeys ,
- out-maneuver ,
- out-maneuvered ,
- out-maneuvering ,
- out-maneuvers ,
- out-smarted ,
- out-smarting ,
- out-smarts ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witted ,
- out-witting ,
- outgenerals ,
- outguesses ,
- outjockeyed ,
- outjockeying ,
- outjockeys ,
- pull a fast on ,
- pull fast on ,
- pull fast one on ,
- pulled a fast on ,
- pulled a fast one on ,
- pulled fast on ,
- pulled fast one on ,
- pulling a fast on ,
- pulling a fast one on ,
- pulling fast on ,
- pulling fast one on ,
- pulls a fast on ,
- pulls a fast one on ,
- pulls fast on ,
- pulls fast one on ,
- ran circles around ,
- running circles around ,
- runs circles around .
- hoax .
- discriminates against ,
- discriminating against ,
- had for ,
- had in for ,
- had it for ,
- had it in for ,
- haddest for ,
- haddest in for ,
- haddest it for ,
- haddest it in for ,
- hadst for ,
- hadst in for ,
- hadst it for ,
- hadst it in for ,
- has for ,
- has in for ,
- has it for ,
- has it in for ,
- hast for ,
- hast in for ,
- hast it for ,
- hast it in for ,
- hath for ,
- hath in for ,
- hath it for ,
- hath it in for ,
- have in for ,
- have it for ,
- having for ,
- having in for ,
- having it for ,
- having it in for ,
- pigeoned ,
- pigeoning ,
- stack deck ,
- stacked the deck ,
- stacking deck ,
- stacking the deck ,
- stacks deck ,
- stacks the deck ,
- stiffing .
Other synonyms:
- April Fool ,
- bluster ,
- cat and mouse ,
- con game ,
- confidence game ,
- delaying tactics ,
- dirty tricks ,
- flimflam ,
- gamesmanship ,
- hustle ,
- jape ,
- mind game ,
- monkeyshines ,
- ploy ,
- practical joke ,
- pretense ,
- put-up job ,
- ruse ,
- scam ,
- setup ,
- sleight ,
- sophistry .
- cut .
- booby trap ,
- cheat ,
- cover up ,
- dodge ,
- fiddle ,
- gag ,
- hocus-pocus ,
- rumor ,
- smoke screen ,
- snare ,
- stalking-horse ,
- stitch up ,
- whitewash .
- contrivance ,
- routine ,
- wind up .
- trap .
Other relevant words:
- Bunked ,
- Bunking ,
- DO ,
- HOSED ,
- Humbugged ,
- Humbugging ,
- Illude ,
- Misguiding ,
- Ragging ,
- Shafted ,
- Shafting ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Suckering ,
- Worsting ,
- bamboozle ,
- caboodle ,
- chicane ,
- chicaned ,
- chicanes ,
- chicaning ,
- chouse ,
- con ,
- deceive ,
- defraud ,
- delude ,
- disinform ,
- disinformed ,
- do number on ,
- do out of ,
- double deal ,
- doublecross ,
- dupe ,
- embezzle ,
- end-run ,
- funned ,
- funning ,
- goosed ,
- gooses ,
- goosing ,
- hoodwinked ,
- japed ,
- japing ,
- jived ,
- jiving ,
- jollied ,
- jollying ,
- kid ,
- lead astray ,
- lead up garden path ,
- leading astray ,
- led astray ,
- make a fool of ,
- make a monkey of ,
- make fun of ,
- make sport of ,
- makes sport of ,
- misdirect ,
- misdirected ,
- misdirecting ,
- misdirects ,
- misguide ,
- misinformed ,
- mislead ,
- mousetrap ,
- mousetraps ,
- out maneuver ,
- out-think ,
- outgeneral ,
- outguess ,
- outguessed ,
- outguessing ,
- outjockey ,
- outwitting ,
- play for a fool ,
- play trick on ,
- pull a fast one ,
- pull a fast one on ,
- pull the wool over one's eyes ,
- pull wool over ,
- pull wool over eyes ,
- razzed ,
- run circles around ,
- string along ,
- sucker into ,
- take for a ride ,
- take to the cleaner's ,
- take to the cleaners ,
- victimize ,
- wheedle ,
- worsted .
- Buffaloes ,
- Entrapped ,
- Gouging ,
- beat out of ,
- buffalo ,
- buffaloed ,
- cross up ,
- ensnared ,
- hoodwink ,
- impose upon ,
- imposed upon ,
- imposes upon ,
- lead on ,
- leading on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- outwit ,
- play joke on ,
- pull fast one ,
- scammed ,
- scamming ,
- suck in ,
- sucked in ,
- take for ,
- take for ride ,
- take to cleaners ,
- taking for ride .
- jerk around ,
- jerked around ,
- pull leg ,
- pull one's leg ,
- pull something ,
- pulling one's leg ,
- rope in ,
- roped in ,
- spoofed ,
- spoofing .
- Foxed ,
- Foxes ,
- Foxing ,
- Juke ,
- Jukes ,
- Trifled ,
- fake out ,
- faked out ,
- fool ,
- fools ,
- fox ,
- play a trick on ,
- play act ,
- playact ,
- put one over on ,
- put over on .
- Barney ,
- Cantrip ,
- Cully ,
- Double dealing ,
- Flam ,
- Fooling ,
- Gloze ,
- Hanky Panky ,
- Hocus ,
- Roorback ,
- Subreption ,
- above ,
- abuse ,
- act ,
- affectation ,
- antic ,
- appease ,
- artful dodge ,
- artifice ,
- artificial ,
- bad ,
- baffle ,
- baloney ,
- beat ,
- befool ,
- beguile ,
- beguiling ,
- betray ,
- bewilder ,
- bilgewater ,
- bilk ,
- bite ,
- blind ,
- blindfold ,
- bluff ,
- boloney ,
- bosh ,
- bubble ,
- bunko game ,
- burlesque ,
- cajole ,
- canard ,
- caper ,
- caricature ,
- catch ,
- charade ,
- chatter ,
- cheat on ,
- chicanery ,
- circumvent ,
- clinquant ,
- cock-and-bull story ,
- cog ,
- con trick ,
- confidence trick ,
- confound ,
- confuse ,
- conjure ,
- conspiracy ,
- copy ,
- counterfeit ,
- cozen ,
- crafty ,
- crock ,
- crooked ,
- cry of wolf ,
- deceit ,
- deceitful ,
- deceptive ,
- detrimental ,
- device ,
- diddle ,
- dido ,
- dishonest ,
- dishonorable ,
- disloyal ,
- dissimulation ,
- double cross ,
- drivel ,
- drool ,
- dummy ,
- dupery ,
- duplicity ,
- dust ,
- entangle ,
- erroneous ,
- euchre ,
- evil ,
- faithless ,
- fake ,
- faker ,
- false ,
- false alarm ,
- fast one ,
- fast shuffle ,
- faulty ,
- feigning ,
- feint ,
- fetch ,
- fib ,
- fictitious ,
- finagle ,
- fleece ,
- flim-flam ,
- flummox ,
- foist ,
- forestall ,
- frame ,
- frame-up ,
- fraudulence ,
- frolic ,
- front ,
- gaff ,
- game ,
- gammon ,
- get around ,
- gimmick ,
- guile ,
- gull ,
- gyp ,
- have ,
- have on ,
- hooey ,
- hornswoggle ,
- horseplay ,
- hum ,
- humour ,
- imitation ,
- impose ,
- impose on ,
- imposition ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- injurious ,
- intrigue ,
- inveigle ,
- jest ,
- jiggery-pokery ,
- jilt ,
- job ,
- jockey ,
- joke ,
- jolly ,
- jolly along ,
- josh ,
- juggle ,
- junk ,
- lampoon ,
- leg-pull ,
- let down ,
- libel ,
- loaded dice ,
- machination ,
- manoeuvre ,
- mischief ,
- mischievous ,
- misinform ,
- misrepresent ,
- misrepresentation ,
- mock ,
- mockery ,
- mulct ,
- murphy ,
- nab ,
- naughty ,
- nobble ,
- outfox ,
- outmaneuver ,
- outmanoeuvre ,
- outplay ,
- outreach ,
- outsmart ,
- outthink ,
- overreach ,
- panel game ,
- parody ,
- pasquinade ,
- paste ,
- performance ,
- phoney ,
- phony ,
- pigeon ,
- pinchbeck ,
- plant ,
- play a joke on ,
- play games with ,
- play one false ,
- pluck ,
- pose ,
- posture ,
- prank ,
- pretence ,
- pretend ,
- pretender ,
- pretext ,
- pseud ,
- pull someone's leg ,
- put on ,
- puzzle ,
- racket ,
- reach ,
- rig ,
- rip off ,
- ripoff ,
- role player ,
- rook ,
- run a game on ,
- sell ,
- set up ,
- sham ,
- shammer ,
- shell game ,
- shenanigans ,
- shift ,
- shoddy ,
- show ,
- simulacrum ,
- skin game ,
- snake oil ,
- snatch ,
- sneak ,
- snooker ,
- snow ,
- snow job ,
- specious ,
- spoof ,
- sport ,
- stacked deck ,
- stance ,
- sting ,
- string ,
- stump ,
- take ,
- take-in ,
- takeoff ,
- tall story ,
- tarradiddle ,
- tease ,
- theft ,
- thimblerig ,
- tinsel ,
- tomfoolery ,
- tommyrot ,
- tosh ,
- travesty ,
- trick ,
- trickery ,
- twaddle ,
- twist ,
- twit ,
- two-time ,
- untrue ,
- victimise ,
- whited sepulcher ,
- whopper ,
- wile ,
- wind-up ,
- witty remark .
- Suckered ,
- discriminate against ,
- discriminated against ,
- have for ,
- have it in for ,
- immolate ,
- pigeons ,
- stack the deck ,
- stiffed ,
- stiffs .
- Barratry ,
- Funnies ,
- Jollies ,
- Knaveries ,
- back-fence talk ,
- bamboozlement ,
- bluffers ,
- bon mot ,
- bunco ,
- curveball ,
- deception ,
- dirty trick ,
- double-dealing ,
- earful ,
- expediency ,
- four-flusher ,
- fourberie ,
- fourflusher ,
- frame up ,
- frame-ups ,
- fraud ,
- funny business ,
- gold brick ,
- jazz ,
- jive ,
- jives ,
- junque ,
- knavery ,
- masquerade ,
- mock attack ,
- perjury ,
- phonies ,
- razzle-dazzle ,
- rib tickler ,
- rib-tickler ,
- rumors ,
- run around ,
- send up ,
- send-up ,
- sendup ,
- shady deal ,
- sharp practice ,
- swindle ,
- take-off ,
- take-offs ,
- victimization .
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How to use "Hoax" in context?
A hoax is a deception or fraudulent act, typically with the aim of entertaining or mislead. The term can also refer to a fictitious story, as in a hoax document, typically a fake document such as a birth certificate or academic paper.
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deceit.
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