What is another word for Humbuggery?
896 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈʌmbəɡəɹi], [ hˈʌmbəɡəɹi], [ h_ˈʌ_m_b_ə_ɡ_ə_ɹ_i]
Humbuggery is a term used to describe something that is deceitful, fraudulent or fake. There are several synonyms that can be used interchangeably with this word, including deception, fraudulence, trickery, dishonesty, false pretenses, and deceit. Other related words that can be used in place of humbuggery include sham, hoax, pretense, charade, masquerade, and imposture. Some synonyms that are more specific to certain contexts include chicanery for political deceit, quackery for medical deception, and swindling for financial dishonesty. While each synonym has its own unique connotation, they all convey the idea of a deliberate attempt to deceive or manipulate others.
Synonyms for Humbuggery:
Other relevant words:
- abduct ,
- abstract ,
- absurdity ,
- addict ,
- adulterous ,
- affect ,
- affectedness ,
- agency ,
- airs ,
- amaze ,
- animal magnetism ,
- annotate ,
- antic ,
- apparent ,
- appearing ,
- apple sauce ,
- around the bend ,
- aspect ,
- aspiration ,
- assume ,
- assumed ,
- attic ,
- attitude ,
- aureate ,
- babble ,
- baffle ,
- ball ,
- ballock ,
- ballyhoo ,
- balmy ,
- bang ,
- barmy ,
- bastard ,
- bats ,
- battlefront ,
- batty ,
- be intimate ,
- bean plant ,
- bear witness ,
- bearded darnel ,
- bearing ,
- beat ,
- becharm ,
- bed ,
- befool ,
- beguiler ,
- beleaguer ,
- bemock ,
- bemuse ,
- berth ,
- besiege ,
- betise ,
- betrayal ,
- bewitch ,
- bewitchery ,
- bewray ,
- bilge water ,
- bilgewater ,
- blab ,
- blabber ,
- blether ,
- bluff out ,
- bogus ,
- bold ,
- boldness ,
- bollock ,
- boloney ,
- bombast ,
- bonce ,
- bonk ,
- bonkers ,
- bootleg ,
- brass ,
- break away ,
- breakdown ,
- breast ,
- breathing in ,
- bring down ,
- bruiser ,
- buggy ,
- built in bed ,
- bull through ,
- bull's eye ,
- bum ,
- bunco ,
- bunk bed ,
- bunko game ,
- burnish ,
- ca-ca ,
- cabbage ,
- camouflage ,
- caper ,
- captivate ,
- capture ,
- carbon black ,
- carriage ,
- case ,
- catch ,
- chalk ,
- charade ,
- charm ,
- chatter ,
- chaw ,
- cheap ,
- cheat on ,
- cheater ,
- cheek ,
- cheesy ,
- chess ,
- chew ,
- chicane ,
- chicken feed ,
- chintzy ,
- chisel ,
- chouse ,
- clack ,
- coax ,
- coaxing ,
- collyrium ,
- color in ,
- coloration ,
- coloring material ,
- colorise ,
- colorize ,
- colour ,
- colouration ,
- colourise ,
- colourize ,
- coming into court ,
- comment ,
- computer simulation ,
- con ,
- con game ,
- confidence game ,
- confidence trick ,
- confront ,
- conjuration ,
- conjuring trick ,
- constrain ,
- cook ,
- cop ,
- copper ,
- corn liquor ,
- counterfeit ,
- cozen ,
- cozenage ,
- cracked ,
- crackers ,
- crackpot ,
- craftiness ,
- craftsmanship ,
- crank ,
- crapola ,
- craziness ,
- crummy ,
- cuckold ,
- cud ,
- cunning ,
- daft ,
- darnel ,
- deal ,
- deceiver ,
- decompose ,
- decomposition ,
- defecate ,
- delegacy ,
- demo ,
- demonstrate ,
- denounce ,
- deoxyephedrine ,
- depict ,
- designate ,
- diddle ,
- dirt ,
- dirty ,
- discolor ,
- discolour ,
- discombobulate ,
- display ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulation ,
- distort ,
- distraction ,
- do it ,
- dodge ,
- dogshit ,
- dome ,
- dotty ,
- double-dealing ,
- dribble ,
- droppings ,
- duck ,
- dumbfound ,
- dung ,
- earthenware jar ,
- economic consumption ,
- edible bean ,
- eff ,
- effigy ,
- egg ,
- elude ,
- emblazon ,
- en ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- enforce ,
- ensnare ,
- entrance ,
- escape ,
- establish ,
- evade ,
- evidence ,
- evince ,
- exhibit ,
- expenditure ,
- express ,
- expression ,
- eye-lotion ,
- face cloth ,
- face up ,
- facial expression ,
- fail ,
- faker ,
- falderol ,
- false ,
- falseness ,
- falsification ,
- falsify ,
- fancy ,
- fancy dress ,
- fanfare ,
- fantasy ,
- fascinate ,
- fast one ,
- fatuity ,
- fatuousness ,
- faux ,
- feed bunk ,
- feign ,
- feigning ,
- fetich ,
- fetish ,
- fib ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- figurehead ,
- filch ,
- fire hydrant ,
- fireplug ,
- flash ,
- flim-flam ,
- flummox ,
- fly the coop ,
- fob ,
- folderal ,
- font ,
- food color ,
- food coloring ,
- food waste ,
- fool ,
- foolery ,
- footling ,
- forepart ,
- forge ,
- foul ,
- fount ,
- four flush ,
- fox ,
- foxiness ,
- frame ,
- freak ,
- frill ,
- front end ,
- front line ,
- front man ,
- frontage ,
- frontal ,
- fruitcake ,
- fruity ,
- fuck ,
- fustian ,
- fuzz ,
- gabardine ,
- gabble ,
- get ,
- get it on ,
- get laid ,
- gibber ,
- giddiness ,
- gilded ,
- gilding ,
- gimcrack ,
- gimcrackery ,
- give away ,
- glass ,
- glossary ,
- glossiness ,
- gold ,
- goldbrick ,
- golden ,
- goo ,
- gook ,
- goon ,
- goop ,
- grass ,
- gravel ,
- grimace ,
- guck ,
- guise ,
- gull ,
- gunk ,
- hack ,
- hallucination ,
- ham ,
- have a go at it ,
- have intercourse ,
- have it away ,
- have it off ,
- have sex ,
- haywire ,
- head for the hills ,
- head game ,
- hedge ,
- hem in ,
- hightail it ,
- histrionics ,
- hocus-pocus ,
- hood ,
- hoodlum ,
- hook ,
- hoopla ,
- hornswoggle ,
- horseshit ,
- human face ,
- hump ,
- hustle ,
- ice ,
- idle words ,
- image ,
- imbecility ,
- imitation ,
- impersonate ,
- impersonation ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- inanity ,
- indicate ,
- indulgence ,
- inflation ,
- inflict ,
- infliction ,
- ingestion ,
- inhalation ,
- inlet ,
- inspiration ,
- internal representation ,
- jade ,
- jambon ,
- jiggery-pokery ,
- jockey ,
- joke ,
- juggle ,
- juju ,
- junk ,
- junkie ,
- junky ,
- kidnap ,
- kindling ,
- knavery ,
- know ,
- kookie ,
- kooky ,
- lam ,
- lampblack ,
- largeness ,
- lay ,
- lead by the nose ,
- lead off ,
- lead on ,
- legerdemain ,
- let down ,
- levy ,
- lie with ,
- lift ,
- likeness ,
- lilliputian ,
- little ,
- loco ,
- look ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- love ,
- lunacy ,
- lure ,
- madness ,
- magic ,
- magic trick ,
- make ,
- make love ,
- make out ,
- make-believe ,
- malarky ,
- male plug ,
- manage ,
- manipulate ,
- mannerism ,
- manure ,
- mask ,
- masque ,
- masquerade costume ,
- masquerade party ,
- maunder ,
- meaninglessness ,
- mental representation ,
- meretriciousness ,
- meth ,
- methamphetamine ,
- methamphetamine hydrochloride ,
- methedrine ,
- military capability ,
- military posture ,
- military strength ,
- mindlessness ,
- mire ,
- misdirect ,
- misguide ,
- misinform ,
- misrepresent ,
- misrepresentation ,
- model ,
- molder ,
- monkey ,
- moon ,
- moonlight ,
- moulder ,
- movement ,
- muck up ,
- mud ,
- mulct ,
- nag ,
- nerts ,
- nerve ,
- niggling ,
- noggin ,
- nominal head ,
- nonplus ,
- nonsensical ,
- nonsensicality ,
- noodle ,
- nothingness ,
- nut case ,
- nutty ,
- ooze ,
- orchis ,
- ostensible ,
- ostentatiousness ,
- outfox ,
- outsmart ,
- palaver ,
- pan ,
- papal bull ,
- parry ,
- perfidiousness ,
- perfidy ,
- performing ,
- perplex ,
- personate ,
- petty ,
- phantasy ,
- phoney ,
- phony ,
- phthisis ,
- picayune ,
- picture ,
- piddling ,
- piffling ,
- pig ,
- pilfer ,
- pinch ,
- place ,
- play ,
- play a joke on ,
- play a trick on ,
- play false ,
- play tricks ,
- playing ,
- plug away ,
- point ,
- pointlessness ,
- polish ,
- pomposity ,
- pompousness ,
- poop ,
- position ,
- postiche ,
- prank ,
- prate ,
- prattle ,
- presence ,
- present ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- pretender ,
- pretending ,
- pretentiousness ,
- prove ,
- pseud ,
- pseudo ,
- psychotic belief ,
- puffiness ,
- pull a fast one on ,
- pull someone's leg ,
- pull the wool over someone's eyes ,
- pulmonary tuberculosis ,
- punch ,
- punk rock ,
- punk rocker ,
- purloin ,
- put ,
- put off ,
- put on ,
- put one across ,
- put one over ,
- put-on ,
- putrefaction ,
- puzzle ,
- quid ,
- rant ,
- rat ,
- read ,
- record ,
- refuse ,
- register ,
- render ,
- rig ,
- rip off ,
- role player ,
- roll in the hay ,
- rook ,
- rotting ,
- round the bend ,
- rubric ,
- run ,
- run away ,
- ruse ,
- salivate ,
- samson ,
- scarper ,
- scat ,
- scrap ,
- scraps ,
- screw ,
- screwball ,
- scum ,
- seal ,
- secure ,
- set ,
- set up ,
- shabu ,
- shaft ,
- shammer ,
- sheer ,
- shenanigan ,
- shew ,
- shirk ,
- shit ,
- shite ,
- shop ,
- short ,
- show up ,
- shrink from ,
- side ,
- sidestep ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- sit ,
- sitting ,
- skirt ,
- skulduggery ,
- skullduggery ,
- slabber ,
- slang ,
- slaver ,
- sleazy ,
- sleep together ,
- sleep with ,
- slicker ,
- slickness ,
- slime ,
- slobber ,
- slosh ,
- slosh around ,
- sludge ,
- slush around ,
- slyness ,
- smatter ,
- smut ,
- snake oil ,
- snare ,
- snarf ,
- snatch ,
- sneak ,
- snitch ,
- snow ,
- social movement ,
- soft soap ,
- soot ,
- spark plug ,
- sparking plug ,
- splash ,
- splashiness ,
- splosh ,
- spunk ,
- stag ,
- stalking-horse ,
- stance ,
- stick ,
- sting ,
- stool ,
- stop up ,
- stopper ,
- stopple ,
- story ,
- strapper ,
- straw man ,
- strawman ,
- strength ,
- strong-armer ,
- stuff ,
- stuff and nonsense ,
- stupefy ,
- surround ,
- sweet talk ,
- sweet-talk ,
- swipe ,
- take a crap ,
- take a shit ,
- take in ,
- take in water ,
- take to the woods ,
- tale ,
- talk through one's hat ,
- tamper ,
- tare ,
- tarradiddle ,
- tattle ,
- taurus ,
- tear apart ,
- tell on ,
- tempt ,
- testicle ,
- testify ,
- testis ,
- theatrical ,
- theatrical performance ,
- throw ,
- thug ,
- tinder ,
- tinge ,
- tinker ,
- tinny ,
- tittle-tattle ,
- tomfoolery ,
- touchwood ,
- tough ,
- toughie ,
- toy ,
- trade ,
- trammel ,
- trance ,
- trap ,
- treason ,
- trickster ,
- tripe ,
- trivial ,
- turd ,
- turn tail ,
- tweed ,
- two-timing ,
- typeface ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- untruth ,
- unwiseness ,
- uptake ,
- usance ,
- use ,
- use of goods and services ,
- usher ,
- using up ,
- vacuity ,
- vex ,
- victim ,
- violin ,
- visit ,
- visual aspect ,
- vividness ,
- voodoo ,
- wacky ,
- wad ,
- wander ,
- wangle ,
- washcloth ,
- washrag ,
- waste ,
- wasting disease ,
- whacky ,
- wheedle ,
- white ,
- white plague ,
- whoremaster ,
- whoremonger ,
- wile ,
- wiliness ,
- wind ,
- wish-wash ,
- workmanship .
- Beans ,
- Dissemblance ,
- Double dealing ,
- Flam ,
- Hanky Panky ,
- Swindling ,
- acting ,
- affectation ,
- appearance ,
- applesauce ,
- artifice ,
- balderdash ,
- balls ,
- baloney ,
- bamboozle ,
- beguile ,
- beguilement ,
- betray ,
- bewilder ,
- bilge ,
- blah ,
- blarney ,
- blather ,
- blatherskite ,
- blither ,
- bluff ,
- bosh ,
- bull ,
- bullshit ,
- buncombe ,
- bunk ,
- bunko ,
- bunkum ,
- cajole ,
- cheat ,
- cheating ,
- chicanery ,
- circumvent ,
- claptrap ,
- codswallop ,
- color ,
- coloring ,
- colouring ,
- consumption ,
- craft ,
- crap ,
- crock ,
- deceit ,
- deceitfulness ,
- deceive ,
- deception ,
- defraud ,
- delude ,
- delusion ,
- disappoint ,
- disguise ,
- dishonesty ,
- drivel ,
- drool ,
- dupe ,
- dupery ,
- duplicity ,
- entice ,
- entrap ,
- eyewash ,
- facade ,
- face ,
- fake ,
- fakery ,
- false front ,
- false show ,
- falsehood ,
- falsity ,
- feint ,
- fiddle ,
- fiddle-faddle ,
- fiddlesticks ,
- fiddling ,
- finagle ,
- flannel ,
- flapdoodle ,
- flimflam ,
- foist ,
- folderol ,
- folly ,
- foolishness ,
- fraud ,
- fraudulence ,
- front ,
- fudge ,
- funny business ,
- gammon ,
- garbage ,
- gilt ,
- gloss ,
- guff ,
- guile ,
- hoax ,
- hogwash ,
- hoke ,
- hokeypokey ,
- hokum ,
- hoodoo ,
- hoodwink ,
- hooey ,
- horsefeathers ,
- humbug ,
- hype ,
- illusion ,
- impose ,
- imposition ,
- imposture ,
- indirection ,
- intake ,
- inveigle ,
- jazz ,
- jugglery ,
- lead astray ,
- malarkey ,
- masquerade ,
- mislead ,
- mock ,
- monkey business ,
- moonshine ,
- muck ,
- mystify ,
- nobble ,
- nonsense ,
- nut ,
- nuts ,
- ostentation ,
- outwit ,
- overreach ,
- piffle ,
- playacting ,
- plug ,
- poppycock ,
- pose ,
- posing ,
- posture ,
- pretence ,
- pretense ,
- pretension ,
- pretext ,
- punk ,
- representation ,
- rot ,
- rubbish ,
- scam ,
- seeming ,
- sell ,
- semblance ,
- senselessness ,
- sham ,
- sharp practice ,
- short-change ,
- show ,
- silliness ,
- simulacrum ,
- simulation ,
- slush ,
- speciousness ,
- stupidity ,
- swindle ,
- taradiddle ,
- tommyrot ,
- tosh ,
- trash ,
- treachery ,
- trick ,
- trickery ,
- trumpery ,
- twaddle ,
- varnish ,
- victimise ,
- victimize ,
- window dressing .
How to use "Humbuggery" in context?
Christmas is a time to be festive, kind, and charitable. But what about the cruel and sour people who take the holiday to mean only one thing: giving and receiving Humbug gifts? Yep, we're talking about those people who go out of their way to inflict misery on others, simply for kicks.
Now, we're not suggesting that everyone go out and insult total strangers for fun. But if you do find yourself resorting to mean-spirited behavior on Christmas day, know that you're not alone. And maybe, just maybe, Humbuggery is not the best way to celebrate.
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