Humbug Synonyms

hŭmbŭg
Deception
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fraud
  2. hoax
  3. lie
  4. fraudulence
  5. sham
  6. dupery
  7. put-on
An impostor
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. charlatan
  2. faker
  3. phony
  4. fake
  5. imposter
  6. fraud
  7. bosh
  8. impostor
  9. quack
  10. balderdash
  11. bamboozle
  12. blague
  13. bluff
  14. bull
  15. bunk
  16. bunkum
  17. cajolery
  18. charlatanism
  19. cheat
  20. snake oil
  21. baloney
  22. deceive
  23. deceiver
  24. deception
  25. mountebank
  26. flam
  27. boloney
  28. flimflam
  29. flummery
  30. fudge
  31. gammon
  32. bilgewater
  33. guff
  34. gyp
  35. hoax
  36. hypocrisy
  37. hypocrite
  38. pretender
  39. imposition
  40. imposture
  41. kid
  42. drool
  43. malarkey
  44. mislead
  45. nonsense
  46. quackishness
  47. phooey
  48. taradiddle
  49. pretense
  50. pretension
  51. quackery
  52. rot
  53. rubbish
  54. tarradiddle
  55. sham
  56. swindle
  57. trick
  58. tommyrot
  59. tosh
  60. twaddle
  61. quackism
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To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beguile
  2. betray
  3. bluff
  4. cozen
  5. deceive
  6. delude
  7. double-cross
  8. dupe
  9. fool
  10. hoodwink
  11. mislead
  12. take-in
  13. trick
  14. bamboozle
  15. have
  16. four-flush
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. pietistic
  2. sanctimonious

Words Related to Humbug

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Humbug Sentence Examples

  • Our friend Oz is merely a humbug wizard, for he once proved it to me.

  • But I'm not, my piggy-wees; I'm a humbug wizard.

  • His view on religion was that organized worship made him feel'such a humbug ' .

  • A vast amount of stuffy and sentimental humbug has been uttered in favor of the Gospel of Work.

  • Many people say they look like a mint humbug on legs.

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