Synonyms of the word

put-on

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

antic

• adj. (architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.
• adj. Grotesque, bizarre; absurd.
• adj. Obsolete form of antique.
• n. (architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
• n. A caricature.
• n. (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
• n. A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
• v. (intransitive) To perform antics, caper.
• v. (obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
• v. (transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
• n. (animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before…

burlesque

• adj. Parodical; parodic.
• n. A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
• n. A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from…
• n. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
• v. To make a burlesque parody of.
• v. To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

caper

• n. A playful leap or jump.
• n. A jump while dancing.
• n. A prank or practical joke.
• n. (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
• n. A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
• v. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
• v. To jump as part of a dance.
• v. To engage in playful behaviour.
• n. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
• n. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled…
• n. A plant of the genus Capparis.
• n. (Scotland) The capercaillie.

caricature

• n. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
• n. A grotesque misrepresentation.
• v. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

charade

• n. (literature, archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its…
• n. (uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
• n. (obsolete) A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.
• n. A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.

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.

diversion

• n. (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
• n. A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
• n. The act of diverting.
• n. Removal of water via a canal.
• n. (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
• n. (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a…
• n. (law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of…

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.

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.

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.

imitation

• n. The act of imitating.
• n. A copy.
• n. (attributive) not the real thing.

impersonation

• n. the act of impersonating.

joke

• n. An amusing story.
• n. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
• n. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one.
• n. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
• v. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
• v. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

lampoon

• n. A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
• v. To satirize or poke fun at.

mockery

• n. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
• n. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
• n. (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
• n. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

parody

• n. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
• n. (archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
• v. To make a parody of something.

pasquinade

• n. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
• v. (transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.

prank

• n. (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
• n. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
• v. (transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
• v. (intransitive) To make ostentatious show.
• v. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
• v. (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up.
• adj. (obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.

recreation

• n. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
• n. The process of recreating something.
• n. The result of this process.

sendup

• n. Alternative form of send-up.

shenanigan

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

spoof

• n. A hoax.
• n. A light parody.
• n. Nonsense.
• n. (Britain) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden…
• adj. Fake.
• v. (transitive) To gently satirize.
• v. (transitive) To deceive.
• v. (transitive, computing) To falsify.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Semen.
• v. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To ejaculate, to come.

takeoff

• n. The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
• n. A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
• n. A quantification, especially of building materials.
• n. (printing, Britain, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
• n. The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.

travesty

• n. An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
• n. A parody or stylistic imitation.
• n. (pejorative) A grossly inferior imitation.
• v. (transitive) To make a travesty of; to parody.

trick

• adj. (slang) Stylish or cool.
• n. Something designed to fool or swindle.
• n. A single piece of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act.
• n. An entertaining difficult physical action.
• n. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
• n. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
• n. (dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
• n. A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
• n. (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
• n. (slang) An act of prostitution. (Generally used with turn.).
• n. (slang) A customer to a prostitute.
• n. A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
• n. (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
• n. A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
• v. (transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
• v. (heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
• v. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.

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".