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Synonyms & Antonyms of jive
(Entry 1 of 3)
- don't give me that jive talk about me being your new best friend
Synonyms for jive
- artificial,
- backhanded,
- counterfeit,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- fake,
- feigned,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- Janus-faced,
- left-handed,
- lip,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- Pecksniffian,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- phony-baloney
- (or phoney-baloney),
- pretended,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
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nounSynonyms of jive (Entry 2 of 3)
- a novel that captures dead-on the jive of young Hollywood hipsters
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verbSynonyms of jive (Entry 3 of 3)
- don't be upset—we're just jiving you
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Phrases Synonymous with jive
- goof on
- [slang],
- take the mickey out of
- [British]
- our team was laughing and jiving after our surprise win
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From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
'Jive' vs. 'Jibe' vs. 'Gibe'
'Jive' vs. 'Jibe' vs. 'Gibe'
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The first known use of jive was in 1928
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