Synonyms for Hokum:

• n.

  •
  • half-truth,
  • lie,
  • invention,
  • misinformation,
  • falsehood,
  • disinformation,
  • untruth,
  • fabrication.
  •applesauce (noun)
  • nonsense,
  • malarkey.
  •communication (noun)
  • meaninglessness,
  • nonsensicality,
  • bunk.
  •confection (noun)
  • candy.
  •conjuring trick (noun)
  • smoke and mirrors.
  •deception (noun)
  • flimflam,
  • trumpery,
  • deceit.
  •double Dutch (noun)
  • gibberish,
  • gobbledygook.
  •flattery (noun)
  • flummery,
  • eyewash,
  • jive,
  • palaver.
  •hogwash (noun)
  • bull,
  • foolishness,
  • rot,
  • hooey,
  • trash,
  • bs,
  • twaddle,
  • poppycock,
  • balderdash,
  • baloney,
  • drivel,
  • absurdity,
  • rubbish.

Antonyms for Hokum:

• n.

  • banality
    nuance, original saying, coinage.
  • deception
    honesty, forthrightness, truthfulness, sincerity, openness, honor, frankness, truth, faithfulness, trustworthiness, uprightness, loyalty.
  • flattery
    condemnation, denunciation, criticism, insult, castigation, belittlement, offense, blame.
  • hogwash
    property, assets, sense, possessions.

Hypernym for Hokum:

• n.

  • communication
    drool, balderdash, bosh, nonsense verse, taradiddle, hooey, unintelligibility, tarradiddle, empty words, crock, gibberish, rigamarole, tommyrot, absurdity, incoherency, humbug, buzzword, rigmarole, cant, poppycock, Fal La, mummery, fiddle-faddle, baloney, amphigory, gibber, boloney, ridiculousness, jabberwocky, stuff, schmegegge, rhetoric, incoherence, twaddle, bilgewater, cobblers, Fa La, palaver, hot air, stuff and nonsense, absurdness, flummery, shmegegge, empty talk, tosh, piffle.

Hyponym for Hokum:

• n.

  • communication
    message, content, substance, subject matter.