Humbugs Synonyms

To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bamboozles
  2. tricks
  3. misleads
  4. hoodwinks
  5. fools
  6. dupes
  7. deludes
  8. deceives
  9. cozens
  10. bluffs
  11. betrays
  12. beguiles
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. phoneys
  2. fakes
  3. impostors
  4. fakers
  5. tricks
  6. baloneys
  7. frauds
  8. swindles
  9. shams
  10. rots
  11. kids
  12. charlatans
  13. hypocrisies
  14. hoaxes
  15. pretenders
  16. gyps
  17. fudges
  18. flummeries
  19. flimflams
  20. mountebanks
  21. cheats
  22. bunks
  23. bulls
  24. bluffs
  25. pretensions
  26. pretenses
  27. nonsenses
  28. impostures
  29. impositions
  30. hypocrites
  31. deceptions
  32. deceivers
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Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hoaxes
  2. shams
  3. frauds
  4. lies

Humbugs Sentence Examples

  • Doubtless a few sanctimonious humbugs are preparing essays on evil even now.

  • High and mighty humbugs, who deal in big ideas, don't do those obvious things.

  • I am delighted to find humbugs inside the earth, just the same as on top of it.

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