- hoax
- n1. trick, ruse, jest, joke, practical joke, Inf. spoof, Sl. goof.2. deception, fraud, sham, mock, fake, imitation, imposture, humbug, Inf. phony; cheat, swindle, Inf. flam, Inf. rip-off; Sl. scam, Sl. gyp.v3. trick, fool, deceive, delude, beguile, dupe, hoodwink, humbug, take in, put one over on [s.o.], pull a fast one, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes, Inf. bamboozle, Sl. snow, Sl. hornswoggle; mislead, misguide, misdirect, Sl. give [s.o.] a bum steer; gull, cozen, defraud, cheat, swindle.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.