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Thesaurus > Related Words: humbug

Words related to humbug

Related / Similar Words: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on, snake oil, baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

Definition:
  • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage;
  • communication (writen or spoken) intended to deceive;
  • pretentious or silly talk or writing;
  • trick or deceive;

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    Hyponyms: goldbrick, Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax

    Derivational Morphology: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across, hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on, chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble, fraud, fraudulence, dupery, put-on

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