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Synonyms for humbug

noun

  1. Deception

    lie, fraud, hoax, sham; see deception 1, fake, nonsense.

  2. An impostor

    charlatan, imposter, fake, faker, phony*, quack*.

See humbug in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

One who fakes:

charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, impostor, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack. See true
verb

To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:

beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, mislead, take in, trick. (Informal) bamboozle, have. (Slang) four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See honest

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