Synonyms of the word

hoax

• v. (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously…
• n. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

chicane

• n. (road transport, motor racing) A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially…
• n. (bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honours.
• n. Chicanery.
• v. (intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks or subterfuge.
• v. (transitive) To deceive.

chicanery

• n. Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
• n. (countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.

cozen

• v. (archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

deceive

• v. To trick or mislead.

delude

• v. (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.

dupery

• n. The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.

fraud

• n. (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
• n. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
• n. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
• n. A person who performs any such trick.
• n. (obsolete) A trap or snare.
• v. (obsolete) To defraud.

fraudulence

• n. The condition of being fraudulent.

guile

• n. (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
• n. Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
• v. to deceive, to beguile.

humbug

• n. (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
• n. (countable, uncountable, slang) A fraud or sham (countable); hypocrisy (uncountable).
• n. (countable, slang) A fraudster, cheat, or hypocrite.
• n. (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
• n. (countable, Britain) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
• n. (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding,…
• n. (US, countable, African American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
• n. (countable, US, African American Vernacular, slang, dated) A gang.
• n. (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
• interj. (slang) Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!
• v. (slang) To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.
• v. (US, African American Vernacular, slang) To fight; to act tough.
• v. (slang, obsolete) To waste time talking.

put-on

• n. A deception, hoax, or practical joke.

shenanigan

• n. (countable) A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance.
• n. (rare) singular of shenanigans.

trickery

• n. (uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
• n. (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
• n. (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
• n. (countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.

wile

• n. (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice.
• v. To entice or lure.
• v. Archaic form of while, "to pass the time".