Synonyms for hoax
hoʊkshoax

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1. hoax

   Synonyms:
   befool, gammon, bamboozle, dupe, trick, trepan

   Antonyms:
   guide, enlighten, undeceive, inform, direct, correct, regulate

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1. fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-onverb

   something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

   Synonyms:
   pasquinade, put-on, tarradiddle, duplicity, drool, twaddle, bilgewater, caper, burlesque, fraud, parody, baloney, takeoff, joke, mockery, tommyrot, humbug, pretender, charade, fake, faker, impostor, role player, sham, fraudulence, dupery, pseud, trick, pseudo, antic, lampoon, shammer, snake oil, travesty, sendup, tosh, boloney, deceit, taradiddle, spoof, imposter, bosh, prank

2. hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke onverb

   subject to a playful hoax or joke

   Synonyms:
   play tricks, play a joke on, play a trick on, trick, flim-flam, fox, fob, pull a fast one on, pull someone's leg

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1. hoaxnoun

   Synonyms:
   deception (for sport), cheat, fraud, imposition, practical joke

2. hoaxverb

   Synonyms:
   deceive (jocosely), cheat, impose upon

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1. List of paraphrases for "hoax":

   prank, joke, deception, carve-up, scam, deceit, trick

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1. List of known nicknames for "Hoax":

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1. Donald Trump:

   The committee is a hoax, a sham, a partisan witch hunt which is a continuation of the witch hunt that has gone on since the great day for our country that I came down the golden escalator with our future first lady, they have no case, they have no ratings, so they have to try to do this to get publicity.

2. Donald Trump:

   You know the beautiful thing : no collusion, it is all a hoax. You're going to learn about that as you grow older. It's a political hoax. There's no collusion.

3. Donald Trump:

   And for them to be doing this, saying this and putting an impeachment on the table, which is a hoax....

4. Alice Stewart:

   Without a doubt, if this continues, it's going to be a problem, i think every legal and legitimate vote should be counted, but at this stage of the game, to claim there's widespread voter fraud, this claim that there is an election hoax — we need to see some evidence. We need to see what he's talking about.

5. Donald Trump:

   I have nothing to hide, this was a hoax. This was a witch hunt. I have absolutely nothing to hide, and I think a lot of things are coming out with respect to the other side. But I have a lot of confidence in the attorney general.