Definition for Hoax:

• A sportive deceptive trick; practical joke.

Synonyms for Hoax:

• n.

  •
  • dodge,
  • scheme.
  •
  • entrap,
  • rip off,
  • bilk.
  •cheat (noun)
  • cozenings,
  • puton,
  • doubledealing,
  • bamboozlements,
  • bill goods,
  • hankypanky,
  • fast shuffles,
  • fast ones,
  • buncos,
  • hoaxings,
  • shady deals.
  •counterfeit (noun)
  • pseudi,
  • re productions,
  • re production,
  • re-production,
  • junques,
  • boguses,
  • re-productions.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  •deceit (noun)
  • fraudulences,
  • pre tense,
  • mis-representations,
  • pre-tense,
  • mis representation,
  • mis representations,
  • smoke mirrors,
  • mis-representation,
  • pre tenses.
  •deception (noun)
  • humbug,
  • stratagem,
  • skullduggery,
  • subterfuge,
  • forgery,
  • falsification,
  • flimflammery.
  •fake (noun)
  • four-flushers,
  • pre-tender,
  • pre tender,
  • gold bricks,
  • pre tenders,
  • makebelieve,
  • fourflushers,
  • four flusher,
  • four flushers,
  • pre-tenders.
  •falsification (noun)
  • fabrication,
  • lie.
  •feint (noun)
  • hoodwinkings,
  • dis traction,
  • mock attacks,
  • pre tensions,
  • dis tractions,
  • pre-tensions,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis-tractions.
  •fraud (noun)
  • dupings,
  • sharp practices,
  • fourberies,
  • song dance,
  • duperies,
  • barratries,
  • swindlings.
  •game (noun)
  • object of ridicule.
  •hoax (noun)
  • pull someone's leg,
  • put on,
  • play a joke on.
  •hocus-pocus (noun)
  • nonsense,
  • magic words,
  • Occultism,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • gobbledegook,
  • Mummeries,
  • Hocus,
  • incantation,
  • mummery,
  • magic word.
  •rumor (noun)
  • back-fence talks,
  • earfuls,
  • dis patches,
  • backfence talks,
  • dis-patch,
  • dis patch,
  • backfence talk,
  • back fence talk,
  • back fence talks,
  • dis-patches.
  •ruse (noun)
  • curveballs.
  •scam (noun)
  • crooked deal,
  • sucker game,
  • hosing.
  •shift (noun)
  • re source,
  • re-sources,
  • re-sort,
  • re-course,
  • re-sorts,
  • re-courses,
  • re sources,
  • re course,
  • re courses,
  • re-source.
  •sleight (noun)
  • cunnings.
  •spoof (noun)
  • sendups,
  • flim flam,
  • take offs,
  • flim-flams,
  • send-ups,
  • flim flams,
  • send ups.
  •swindle (noun)
  • frameup,
  • frameups,
  • frame ups.
  •trick (noun)
  • dis guises,
  • dis-guises,
  • dis guise,
  • dis-guise.
  •trickery (noun)
  • razzledazzles,
  • bait switch,
  • bait and switch,
  • bait switches,
  • dis-honesty,
  • razzledazzle,
  • razzle dazzles,
  • under handednesses,
  • under-handednesses,
  • under-handedness,
  • dis honesties,
  • razzle-dazzles,
  • dis-honesties,
  • razzle dazzle,
  • bait and switches,
  • dis honesty,
  • under handedness,
  • funny businesses.
  •wile (noun)
  • little game,
  • schemings.

• v.

  •bamboozle (verb)
  • be-fuddle,
  • be fuddle,
  • be-fuddled,
  • be-fuddles,
  • be fuddled,
  • be-fuddling,
  • be fuddles,
  • be fuddling.
  •con (verb)
  • co axing,
  • co axed,
  • co-axed,
  • sweettalk,
  • ripping off,
  • co-axing.
  •deceive (verb)
  • crossing up,
  • dis-appointing,
  • beats out of,
  • dis-appointed,
  • be tray,
  • imposing upon,
  • takes for ride,
  • take cleaners,
  • sucks in,
  • beating out of,
  • crossed up,
  • be-guiles,
  • be trays,
  • pulls fast one,
  • buffaloing,
  • impose up on,
  • imposed up on,
  • takes cleaners,
  • took advantage of,
  • taking cleaners,
  • took for ride,
  • be-guile,
  • dis-appoints,
  • takes for,
  • took to cleaners,
  • playing joke on,
  • be-tray,
  • taking to cleaners,
  • takes to cleaners,
  • pulling fast one,
  • imposing up on,
  • sucking in,
  • dis appoints,
  • dis appointing,
  • imposes up on,
  • taking for,
  • crosses up,
  • dis appointed,
  • dis-appoint,
  • dis appoint,
  • be guile,
  • took cleaners,
  • pulled fast one,
  • played joke on,
  • took for,
  • be guiles,
  • be-trays,
  • plays joke on.
  •defraud (verb)
  • suckered in to,
  • suckers into,
  • took cleaner,
  • doest number on,
  • suckers in to,
  • takes cleaner's,
  • takes the cleaner's,
  • takes the cleaner,
  • de-frauds,
  • taking the cleaners,
  • take cleaner's,
  • de-fraud,
  • doeth number on,
  • Chousing,
  • sucker in to,
  • suckered into,
  • suckering in to,
  • takes to cleaner's,
  • de fraud,
  • took to cleaner,
  • taking the cleaner's,
  • taking to cleaner,
  • takes the cleaners,
  • de frauds,
  • takes to the cleaner,
  • took to the cleaner,
  • take the cleaner,
  • chouses,
  • take cleaner,
  • did number on,
  • taking to the cleaners,
  • does number on,
  • takes to the cleaner's,
  • taking the cleaner,
  • didst number on,
  • takes to the cleaners,
  • take to the cleaner,
  • taking cleaner's,
  • dost number on,
  • take the cleaners,
  • taking to the cleaner,
  • take to cleaner's,
  • taking to cleaner's,
  • taking to the cleaner's,
  • takes to cleaner,
  • taking cleaner,
  • took cleaner's,
  • Choused,
  • took the cleaner's,
  • took the cleaner,
  • suckering into,
  • took the cleaners,
  • take the cleaner's,
  • took to cleaner's,
  • take to cleaner,
  • takes cleaner,
  • took to the cleaner's,
  • took to the cleaners,
  • doth number on,
  • doing number on.
  •delude (verb)
  • dis informs,
  • caboodled,
  • playing trick on,
  • out-fox,
  • dis-informs,
  • doest a number on,
  • out foxes,
  • led up garden path,
  • does a number on,
  • dis informing,
  • leads up garden path,
  • de ludes,
  • doth a number on,
  • doeth a number on,
  • played trick on,
  • disinforms,
  • leading up garden path,
  • mis guides,
  • dis inform,
  • caboodles,
  • imposed on,
  • de-ludes,
  • mis guide,
  • disinforming,
  • out-foxing,
  • leading garden path,
  • de lude,
  • dis-informing,
  • led garden path,
  • illudes,
  • out-foxes,
  • Illuded,
  • leads garden path,
  • dost a number on,
  • mis-guide,
  • mis-guided,
  • out foxing,
  • Illuding,
  • de-lude,
  • out fox,
  • dis-inform,
  • mis-guiding,
  • mis guiding,
  • imposing on,
  • did a number on,
  • caboodling,
  • lead garden path,
  • mousetrapping,
  • out foxed,
  • dis informed,
  • dis-informed,
  • doing a number on,
  • mousetrapped,
  • didst a number on.
  •do (verb)
  • over reaching,
  • took for a ride,
  • over-reach,
  • over reach,
  • over reached,
  • takes for a ride,
  • over-reaching,
  • over-reaches,
  • over reaches,
  • taking for a ride,
  • over-reached.
  •dupe (verb)
  • pulling something,
  • pulls one leg,
  • pulled leg,
  • pulls leg,
  • jerking around,
  • pulling ones leg,
  • ropes in,
  • pulled one's leg,
  • pulls one's leg,
  • pulling one leg,
  • pulling leg,
  • pull one leg,
  • pulls something,
  • pulls ones leg,
  • pull ones leg,
  • pulled something,
  • roping in,
  • jerks around,
  • pulled one leg,
  • pulled ones leg.
  •fool (verb)
  • played a trick on,
  • pre-tending,
  • putting one over on,
  • puts one over on,
  • fakes out,
  • out-foxed,
  • pre tends,
  • pre-tends,
  • juked,
  • pre-tended,
  • playing a trick on,
  • plays a trick on,
  • pre tending,
  • pre tend,
  • plays trick on,
  • faking out,
  • juking.
  •hoodwink (verb)
  • pulled wool over eyes,
  • pull wool over ones eyes,
  • pulling the wool over ones eyes,
  • pulling the wool over one's eyes,
  • pulled wool over ones eyes,
  • pull the wool over one eyes,
  • pulled the wool over ones eyes,
  • pulled wool over one's eyes,
  • pulls a fast one,
  • pull the wool over ones eyes,
  • pulls wool over one eyes,
  • pulls the wool over one's eyes,
  • pulls wool over eyes,
  • pulling the wool over eyes,
  • pulling wool over ones eyes,
  • pulling the wool over one eyes,
  • pulled a fast one,
  • pulls the wool over eyes,
  • pulled the wool over eyes,
  • pulled the wool over one's eyes,
  • pulling wool over one's eyes,
  • pulling wool over one eyes,
  • pulled wool over one eyes,
  • pull wool over one eyes,
  • pulled the wool over one eyes,
  • pulls wool over ones eyes,
  • pull the wool over eyes,
  • pulling a fast one,
  • pulls the wool over ones eyes,
  • pull wool over one's eyes,
  • pulling wool over eyes,
  • pulls wool over one's eyes,
  • pulls the wool over one eyes.
  •outsmart (verb)
  • out smart,
  • out-smart.
  •outthink (verb)
  • out thinks,
  • out-thinking,
  • out thought,
  • out-thought,
  • out thinking,
  • out think,
  • out-thinks.
  •outwit (verb)
  • jipped,
  • JIPS,
  • out-wit,
  • ending run,
  • ended run,
  • jipping,
  • ends run,
  • figures out.
  •outwit/outsmart (verb)
  • making fool of,
  • makes a fool of,
  • making monkey of,
  • end-ran,
  • out jockeys,
  • be wildering,
  • outjockeyed,
  • out-smarts,
  • Outgeneralling,
  • out-maneuver,
  • pulling a fast on,
  • out does,
  • makes a monkey of,
  • out witting,
  • be-wildered,
  • out-maneuvered,
  • out-guess,
  • out jockey,
  • pulls a fast one on,
  • pulled a fast on,
  • out maneuvering,
  • out-guesses,
  • end ran,
  • pulls a fast on,
  • out-does,
  • pulled fast on,
  • out-smarted,
  • end running,
  • out-smarting,
  • out guesses,
  • out smarts,
  • out-jockey,
  • making a monkey of,
  • de feats,
  • out done,
  • out guessed,
  • made a monkey of,
  • out-jockeys,
  • out smarting,
  • be-wilder,
  • made monkey of,
  • out maneuvered,
  • endruns,
  • be wilder,
  • runs circles around,
  • be wilders,
  • out-witted,
  • make monkey of,
  • pulls fast one on,
  • pull fast one on,
  • pull a fast on,
  • pulling fast on,
  • Outgeneraled,
  • out did,
  • out-guessed,
  • be-wildering,
  • end-running,
  • out general,
  • out doing,
  • pulled fast one on,
  • out generals,
  • pull fast on,
  • outgenerals,
  • out-maneuvers,
  • be wildered,
  • outjockeying,
  • out-witting,
  • be-wilders,
  • out jockeying,
  • out guess,
  • out guessing,
  • outjockeys,
  • out-generals,
  • running circles around,
  • make fool of,
  • end runs,
  • de-feats,
  • making a fool of,
  • out-guessing,
  • de-feat,
  • makes fool of,
  • pulling fast one on,
  • made a fool of,
  • out-doing,
  • made fool of,
  • out-maneuvering,
  • end-runs,
  • endran,
  • out-general,
  • makes monkey of,
  • out-wits,
  • Outgeneraling,
  • out-jockeying,
  • Outgeneralled,
  • de feat,
  • endrunning,
  • out smarted,
  • out witted,
  • pulling a fast one on,
  • out maneuvers,
  • out-done,
  • pulled a fast one on,
  • out wits,
  • pulls fast on,
  • out-jockeyed,
  • out jockeyed,
  • outguesses,
  • out-did,
  • ran circles around,
  • endrun.
  •social (verb)
  • hoax.
  •string along (verb)
  • strung along.
  •trick (verb)
  • gammon,
  • run a game on,
  • gull,
  • sting,
  • fleece,
  • take in,
  • bluff,
  • rook,
  • set up,
  • murphy,
  • frame,
  • play games with.
  •victimize (verb)
  • haddest it in for,
  • stacked the deck,
  • has in for,
  • hath it in for,
  • had for,
  • haddest it for,
  • hadst for,
  • hath for,
  • hadst it for,
  • pigeoned,
  • stack deck,
  • hadst in for,
  • have in for,
  • has it in for,
  • having in for,
  • had it for,
  • hast in for,
  • having for,
  • hath in for,
  • discriminates against,
  • having it in for,
  • stacking deck,
  • had in for,
  • has for,
  • hadst it in for,
  • hast it in for,
  • have it for,
  • stiffing,
  • stacking the deck,
  • had it in for,
  • having it for,
  • haddest in for,
  • hast it for,
  • has it for,
  • hath it for,
  • pigeoning,
  • discriminating against,
  • hast for,
  • stacks the deck,
  • haddest for,
  • stacks deck.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bluster,
  • flimflam,
  • April Fool,
  • put-up job,
  • setup,
  • dirty tricks,
  • sophistry,
  • hustle,
  • con game,
  • ploy,
  • monkeyshines,
  • practical joke,
  • mind game,
  • confidence game,
  • delaying tactics,
  • gamesmanship,
  • pretense,
  • cat and mouse,
  • jape.
  •
  • snare,
  • booby trap,
  • stalking-horse,
  • whitewash,
  • fiddle,
  • stitch up,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • smoke screen.
  •
  • routine,
  • wind up,
  • contrivance.
  •
  • trap.
  •
  • fix,
  • maneuver.
  •
  • cut.
  •bamboozle
  • mystified,
  • mystify.
  •deceive
  • beat out of,
  • buffalo,
  • leading on,
  • pull fast one,
  • Buffaloes,
  • take for ride,
  • lead on,
  • taking for ride,
  • take to cleaners,
  • buffaloed,
  • impose upon,
  • leads on,
  • outwit,
  • hoodwink,
  • scamming,
  • sucked in,
  • ensnared,
  • take for,
  • Gouging,
  • suck in,
  • imposes upon,
  • play joke on,
  • cross up,
  • Entrapped,
  • imposed upon,
  • led on,
  • scammed.
  •dupe
  • spoofing,
  • roped in,
  • pull leg,
  • pull something,
  • pull one's leg,
  • jerked around,
  • jerk around,
  • rope in,
  • spoofed,
  • pulling one's leg.
  •fool
  • Foxes,
  • play a trick on,
  • Foxed,
  • play act,
  • playact,
  • put one over on,
  • Juke,
  • Jukes,
  • fools,
  • Foxing,
  • fake out,
  • put over on,
  • fool,
  • faked out,
  • Trifled,
  • fox.
  •outwit
  • outsmart,
  • outthink,
  • JIP,
  • figured out,
  • figure out,
  • end run,
  • out wit.
  •string along
  • Wantoned,
  • Wantoning.
  •victimize
  • pigeons,
  • stacked deck,
  • stiffs,
  • have for,
  • pigeon,
  • have it in for,
  • immolate,
  • discriminate against,
  • discriminated against,
  • stiffed,
  • Suckered,
  • stack the deck.

Paraphrases for Hoax:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    deceit.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fraud, sham, ploy, delusion.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    prank, joke, deception, scam.

Antonyms for Hoax:

• v.

  • trick
    give, be honest.

Hoax Sentence Examples:

• Now I find that it is all a hoax."

• That your whole story is nothing but a hoax?

Hyponym for Hoax:

• v.

  • social
    deceive, lead on, cozen, delude.