hoax

Meaning

Verb

To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

Noun

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Synonyms

trick

fool

cheat

deception

swindle

deceive

dupe

humbug

hoodwink

bamboozle

spoof

mystify

imposture

con

bluff

sham

fraud

deceit

gyp

bilk

cheating

defraud

put-on

fake

dupery

take in

delusion

trickery

canard

stratagem

scam

screw

fraudulence

rook

swindler

mystification

fleece

mare’s nest

chisel

fib

joke

🤣

jest

kidding

outwit

cheater

forgery

imitation

do

gouge

gammon

Translations

canular

imbroglio

beduvelen

beetnemen

bedotten

truffa

απάτη

bulo

frode

mistificación

Schabernack

Ente

🦆

truffare

Streich

mystifier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/həʊks/

Etymology

Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).
Compare hokey.