Need another word that means the same as “hoax”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “hoax” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Hoax” are: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on, joke, jest, prank, trick, jape, play a joke on, pull someone's leg, play a practical joke on, play a jest on, play a prank on, fool
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hoax” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| dupery | Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. |
| fraud | Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. He was convicted of fraud. |
| fraudulence | Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. |
| humbug | A boiled sweet, especially one flavoured with peppermint. His comments are sheer humbug. |
| jape | A practical joke. The childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker. |
| jest | A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter. It was said in jest. |
| joke | A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter. He told a very funny joke. |
| prank | A practical joke or mischievous act. The tapestry was stolen as part of a drunken student prank. |
| put-on | A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. |
| trick | A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone. He s a double dealer capable of any mean trick. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hoax” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| fool | Fool or hoax. He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman. |
| play a jest on | Consider not very seriously. |
| play a joke on | Participate in games or sport. |
| play a practical joke on | Stake on the outcome of an issue. |
| play a prank on | Stake on the outcome of an issue. |
| pull someone's leg | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover. |
| trick | Cunningly deceive or outwit. We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week. |
| baloney | Foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense. I don t buy it it s all a load of baloney. |
| bamboozle | Conceal one’s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end. He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well. |
| bogus | Not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted. A bogus insurance claim. |
| charlatan | A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes. A self confessed con artist and charlatan. |
| cheat | An act of cheating a fraud or deception. She cheats on her husband. |
| counterfeit | A copy that is represented as the original. A counterfeit prince. |
| deceit | The quality of being fraudulent. A web of deceit. |
| deceive | (of a thing) give (someone) a mistaken impression. The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house. |
| deception | A misleading falsehood. Obtaining property by deception. |
| duplicity | A fraudulent or duplicitous representation. The president was accused of duplicity in his dealings with Congress. |
| fraud | Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. Prosecutions for social security frauds. |
| fraudulence | The quality of being fraudulent. |
| fraudulent | Intended to deceive – S.T.Coleridge. Fraudulent psychics. |
| gullible | Easily tricked because of being too trusting. An attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money. |
| hoodwink | Conceal one’s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end. Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn off shotgun. |
| humbug | Pretentious or silly talk or writing. You see what a humbug I am. |
| hypocrite | A hypocritical person. The story tells of respectable Ben who turns out to be a cheat and a hypocrite. |
| impostor | A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain. The charity has warned anyone approached by the impostor to contact police immediately. |
| liar | A person who tells lies. The man was a notorious liar. |
| mountebank | A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan. |
| perpetrate | Carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action. A crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state. |
| phony | Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. |
| pretender | A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives. The pretender to the throne. |
| pseudo | (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of. The arty chat of a campus pseudo. |
| quackery | Dishonest practices and claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine. A website dedicated to exposing medical quackery. |
| rebel | A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority especially in the hope of improving conditions. Rebel forces. |
| scam | Deprive of by deceit. A guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings. |
| specious | Misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive. The music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty. |
| swindle | Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions. He was said to have swindled 62 5 million from the state owned cement industry. |
| swindler | A person who uses deception to deprive someone of money or possessions. He used his charm to become a small time swindler. |
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