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hoax

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hoax

an imitation that is passed off as genuine

  • the skeleton of the purported ancient hominid turned out to be a hoax
Synonyms of hoax

counterfeit, fake, forgery, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham
Words Related to hoax

copycat, knockoff

copy, facsimile, replica, reproduction

dummy, mock-up

fraud, gaff, imposture, spoof, swindle

simulation, synthetic

bastard, brummagem, duffer, shoddy
Near Antonyms of hoax

original

hoax

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hoax

to cause to believe what is untrue

  • a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers
Synonyms of hoax

bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick
Words Related to hoax

kid, put on, tease

bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle
Phrases Synonymous with hoax

do a number on, lead one down the garden path (also lead one up the garden path), pull one's leg, pull the wool over one's eyes
Near Antonyms of hoax

debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask

disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

disabuse, disenchant, disillusion
Antonyms of hoax

undeceive

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