Synonyms for hoax
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Fool
fool, spoof, trick, dupe, deceive, cheat, gammon, swindle, defraud, delude, gull, diddle, circumvent, victimize, victimise UK, overreach, beguile, cozen, bamboozle informal dated, befool dated
Other
Noun
1. Fraud
fraud, put-on informal, deception, imposture, fraudulence, dupery, deceit, humbug slang, sell informal dated
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
- n. 1
Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.
Example sentences
- deceive I assure you that I didn't intend to deceive you.
- spoof I wish Mel Brooks had made a spoof of this movie.
By length
- 4 letters
- sell1, fool1, gull1, dupe1
- 5 letters
- trick1, fraud1, cheat1, spoof1, cozen
- 6 letters
- deceit2, humbug2, gammon2, delude2, diddle2, canard2, befool, dupery
- 7 letters
- deceive2, defraud2, swindle2, beguile2
- 9 letters
- deception3, overreach3, victimize3, bamboozle, imposture, victimise
- 10 letters
- circumvent3
- 11 letters
- fraudulence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deceit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- berner
- Italiano
- beffare
- Español
- ridiculizar