What is another word for jives?
797 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d͡ʒˈa͡ɪvz], [ dʒˈaɪvz], [ dʒ_ˈaɪ_v_z]Table of Contents
Similar words for jives:- absurdity (noun)
- cheat (noun)
- conversation (noun)
- dance (noun)
- deception (noun)
- defense (noun)
- distortion (noun)
- evasion (noun)
- excuse (noun)
- fabrication (noun)
- flattery (noun)
- guile (noun)
- jazz (noun)
- jest (noun)
- lip service (noun)
- malarky (noun)
- nonsense (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- patter (noun)
- piffle (noun)
- poppycock (noun)
- rag (noun)
- rigmarole (noun)
- sham (noun)
- song and dance (noun)
- spiel (noun)
- talk (noun)
- tommyrot (noun)
- twaddle (noun)
- banter (verb)
- bluff (verb)
- boast (verb)
- brag (verb)
- defraud (verb)
- delude (verb)
- equivocate (verb)
- fabricate (verb)
- fib (verb)
- fool (verb)
- hedge (verb)
- jest (verb)
- joke (verb)
- pretend (verb)
- prevaricate (verb)
- ridicule (verb)
- satirize (verb)
- tease (verb)
- trick (verb)
- twit (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Jives:
n.
•absurdity (noun)- unreasonableness,
- bull,
- illogicality,
- applesauce,
- ridiculousness,
- senselessness,
- idiocy,
- ludicrousness,
- insanity,
- illogicalness,
- hot air,
- incongruity,
- craziness,
- improbability,
- jazz,
- flapdoodle,
- folly,
- jive,
- inanity,
- irrationality,
- foolishness,
- stupidity,
- crap,
- farce,
- bs,
- silliness.
- dirty trick,
- fix,
- sell,
- fast one,
- Cozening,
- con game,
- swindle,
- artifice,
- trickery,
- dodge,
- hustle,
- deception,
- snow job,
- put-on,
- racket,
- gyp,
- shady deal,
- baloney,
- scam,
- whitewash,
- Hoaxing,
- shell game,
- dirty pool,
- imposture,
- fast shuffle,
- run around,
- stunt,
- bamboozlement,
- deceit,
- bill of goods,
- fraud,
- wrong,
- spoof,
- frame,
- chicanery,
- rip-off,
- cover up,
- hanky-panky,
- hoax,
- plant,
- flimflam,
- sting,
- double-dealing.
- exchange,
- conference,
- debate,
- expression,
- powwow,
- repartee,
- confabulation,
- consultation,
- comment,
- yak,
- talkfest,
- questioning,
- parley,
- hearing,
- remark,
- visit,
- communion,
- colloquy,
- palaver,
- intercourse,
- pillow talk,
- ventilation,
- talk,
- converse,
- speech,
- confab,
- gab,
- discussion,
- chat,
- gossip,
- communication,
- observation.
- hoof it,
- spin,
- sway,
- tango,
- flit,
- rock n' roll,
- one-step,
- twist,
- jitter,
- leap,
- samba,
- get down,
- foot it,
- cavort,
- jump,
- jitterbug,
- promenade,
- swing,
- two-step,
- charleston,
- trip,
- boogie down,
- rhumba,
- disco,
- step,
- rock,
- caper,
- foxtrot,
- prance,
- trip the light fantastic,
- shimmy,
- bunny hop,
- whirl,
- bob,
- boogie,
- gambol,
- hop,
- tread,
- careen,
- conga,
- tap,
- skip,
- jig,
- frolic,
- cut a rug,
- waltz.
- chicane,
- wrinkle,
- stratagem,
- fallacy,
- trap,
- shift,
- hogwash,
- catch,
- feint,
- bilk,
- decoy,
- gimmick,
- fib,
- crock,
- confidence game,
- snare,
- ruse,
- device,
- wile,
- cheat,
- subterfuge,
- pretext,
- stall,
- story,
- bluff,
- mare's-nest,
- ride,
- illusion,
- malarkey,
- cover-up.
- plea,
- Excusing,
- response,
- Explaining,
- exoneration,
- apologia,
- excuse,
- reply,
- apology,
- rejoinder,
- fish story,
- argument,
- return,
- retort,
- rationalization,
- Apologizing,
- answer,
- song and dance,
- apologetics,
- extenuation,
- cleanup,
- off-time,
- copout,
- exculpation,
- vindication.
- crookedness,
- Misshape,
- tall story,
- malformation,
- exaggeration,
- coloring,
- contortion,
- warp,
- Intorsion,
- slant,
- perversion,
- Malconformation,
- mutilation,
- smoke,
- twistedness,
- misinterpretation,
- misstatement,
- buckle,
- bias,
- torture,
- misrepresentation,
- bend,
- line,
- misuse.
- shuffling,
- fancy footwork,
- sophistry,
- fugiviteness,
- routine,
- ditch,
- prevarication,
- sophism,
- dodging,
- slip,
- fugivity,
- elusion,
- Evading,
- Equivocating,
- shunning,
- cop-out,
- circumvention,
- Fudging,
- cunning,
- shirking,
- equivocation,
- run-around,
- evasiveness,
- obliqueness,
- eschewal.
- disguise,
- why and wherefore,
- song,
- grounds,
- makeshift,
- cover story,
- defense,
- substitute,
- alibi,
- semblance,
- mitigation,
- cover,
- expedient,
- justification,
- evasion,
- regrets,
- stopgap,
- coverup.
- figment,
- artifact,
- falsehood,
- fiction,
- untruth,
- opus,
- concoction,
- yarn,
- fairy story,
- fable,
- forgery,
- invention,
- myth,
- work.
- eulogy,
- truckling,
- soft-soap,
- incense,
- honeyed words,
- flattering,
- mush,
- sweet talk,
- ingratiation,
- laud,
- fawning,
- Puffery,
- sycophancy,
- encomium,
- unctuousness,
- soft words,
- flummery,
- gratification,
- servility,
- Toadyism,
- stroke,
- blarney,
- obsequiousness,
- commendation,
- fulsomeness,
- bootlicking,
- gallantry,
- applause,
- pretty speech,
- tribute,
- blandishment,
- adulation,
- eyewash,
- cajolery,
- hokum,
- approbation,
- plaudits.
- craftiness,
- dissimulation,
- Dissemblance,
- dirty work,
- treachery,
- foul play,
- sellout,
- stab in the back,
- artfulness,
- sharp practice,
- dishonesty,
- wiliness,
- trickiness,
- dirty dealing,
- craft,
- duplicity.
- gag,
- rib-tickler,
- sally,
- laugh,
- play,
- crack,
- funny,
- wisecrack,
- banter,
- quip,
- pleasantry,
- bon mot,
- jolly,
- one-liner,
- game,
- prank,
- sport,
- witticism.
- insincerity,
- tokenism,
- lip devotion,
- token agreement,
- smooth talk,
- lip reverence,
- tongue in cheek,
- lip praise,
- empty talk,
- lip worship,
- Mouthing,
- hypocritical respect,
- hollow words,
- mouth honor,
- hypocrisy,
- lip homage.
- babble,
- drivel,
- bombast,
- prattle,
- gibberish,
- trash,
- poppycock,
- balderdash,
- rubbish,
- giddiness,
- bunk.
- flightiness,
- rashness,
- scrawl,
- thoughtlessness,
- madness,
- pretense,
- imprudence,
- rot,
- soft soap,
- scribble,
- bananas,
- tripe,
- hooey,
- claptrap,
- ranting,
- mumbo jumbo,
- fatuity.
- mockery,
- false front,
- facade,
- hypocriticalness,
- fakery,
- imitation,
- Pharisaism,
- impostor,
- phoniness,
- pseudo.
- cry,
- rumble,
- scuttlebutt,
- hint,
- grapevine,
- chitchat,
- conversation,
- prose,
- raillery,
- rumor,
- noise,
- report,
- lip,
- nonsense,
- small talk,
- idle talk,
- insinuation,
- buzz,
- badinage,
- persiflage,
- innuendo,
- allusion,
- hearsay,
- jaw.
v.
•banter (verb)- fool,
- mock,
- razz,
- ridicule,
- jest,
- josh,
- jeer,
- rag,
- taunt,
- rib,
- make fun of,
- satirize,
- fun,
- chaff,
- kid,
- joke,
- deride.
- psych out,
- betray,
- humbug,
- affect,
- trick,
- Illude,
- feign,
- fake out,
- sham,
- juggle,
- fake,
- pretend,
- bunco,
- lie,
- simulate,
- con,
- defraud,
- snow,
- mislead,
- shuck,
- delude,
- take in,
- double-cross,
- counterfeit,
- beguile,
- put on.
- crow,
- gloat,
- sound off,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- aggrandize,
- bully,
- swagger,
- bluster,
- vapor,
- showboat,
- preen,
- exult,
- show off,
- grandstand,
- strut,
- flourish,
- talk big,
- triumph,
- puff,
- congratulate oneself,
- shovel,
- flatter oneself,
- blow,
- prate,
- PSYCH,
- exaggerate,
- gasconade,
- advertise,
- give a good account of oneself,
- attract attention,
- sling,
- lay on thick,
- shoot,
- hug oneself,
- blow smoke,
- glory,
- flaunt,
- blow one's own horn.
- pull fast one,
- chouse,
- fleece,
- bamboozle,
- victimize,
- rip off,
- embezzle,
- do number on,
- rob,
- foil,
- dupe,
- pilfer,
- circumvent,
- milk,
- stick,
- sucker into,
- cozen,
- take,
- outwit,
- shaft,
- deceive,
- do out of,
- take to the cleaner's,
- clip,
- burn,
- DO.
- hoodwink,
- do a number on,
- misguide,
- outfox,
- gull,
- string along,
- mousetrap,
- disinform,
- impose on,
- sucker,
- play trick on,
- caboodle,
- lead up garden path.
- eschew,
- tergiverse,
- cop out,
- hem and haw,
- blow hot and cold,
- hedge,
- escape,
- stonewall,
- sidestep,
- cavil,
- waffle,
- pussyfoot,
- shuffle,
- palter,
- weasel,
- give run around,
- mince words,
- quibble,
- fudge,
- double-talk,
- cloud the issue,
- falsify,
- beat around the bush,
- pass the buck,
- tergiversate,
- tell white lie,
- sit on the fence,
- fence,
- flip-flop,
- beg the question,
- prevaricate,
- parry,
- cop a plea,
- elude,
- evade.
- fabricate,
- make up,
- create fiction,
- promote,
- tell a little white lie,
- stretch the truth,
- speak with forked tongue,
- equivocate.
- suck in,
- put one over on,
- diddle,
- play-act,
- fox,
- lead on,
- Juke,
- play a trick on,
- make believe,
- trifle.
- pun,
- pull one's leg,
- horse around,
- play the clown,
- jape,
- make merry,
- kid around,
- poke fun,
- play tricks,
- revel.
- fish,
- pass off,
- allege,
- let on,
- make out,
- purport,
- dissemble,
- put up a front,
- assume,
- profess,
- impersonate,
- masquerade,
- lay claim,
- malinger,
- be deceitful,
- act,
- be hypocritical,
- claim,
- shuck and jive,
- pass oneself off as,
- claim falsely,
- dissimulate.
- haze,
- make a fool of,
- put down,
- pan,
- rail at,
- twit,
- rally,
- deflate,
- parody,
- caricature,
- laugh at,
- quiz,
- pooh-pooh,
- lampoon,
- humiliate,
- unmask,
- travesty,
- mimic,
- send up,
- expose,
- RAZ,
- show up,
- Fleer,
- run down,
- cartoon,
- make a game of,
- takeoff,
- scorn,
- poke fun at,
- make a laughing-stock.
- swipe at,
- harry,
- vex,
- snap,
- annoy,
- be at,
- tantalize,
- pick on,
- badger,
- harass,
- dog,
- bedevil,
- hector,
- give a hard time,
- nudge,
- plague,
- sound,
- pester,
- bother,
- devil,
- beleaguer,
- Importune,
- disturb,
- torment,
- gnaw,
- slam,
- goad,
- worry,
- bait.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words (noun):
Antonyms for Jives:
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n.
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absurdity
judgment, reason, sense, logic, wisdom, reasonableness, seriousness, intelligence.
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conversation
quiet, silence, disagreement, listening, quietude.
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deception
honor, trustworthiness, uprightness.
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defense
flight, yielding, betrayal, surrender, capitulation, charge, question, desertion, request, indictment.
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distortion
beauty, clarity, perfection.
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evasion
directness, facing, meeting.
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excuse
permanent.
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fabrication
entertainment, fun, non-fiction.
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flattery
castigation, criticism, insult, condemnation, belittlement, denunciation, offense, blame.
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guile
artlessness, forthrightness, naivety, sincerity.
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jest
work.
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malarky
possessions.
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nonsense
common sense, fact, intelligibility, understanding.
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patter
standard.
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tommyrot
thoughtfulness.
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victimization
gift.
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absurdity
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v.
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banter
flatter, praise, be serious.
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bluff
protect, tell truth, be honest, reveal, come clean, support.
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brag
be quiet.
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delude
be truthful.
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jest
compliment, commend.
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pretend
deny.
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prevaricate
order.
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ridicule
approve.
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trick
let go.
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banter