'Hoax' definitions:
Definition of 'hoax'
From: WordNet
noun
Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage [syn: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on]
verb
Subject to a playful hoax or joke [syn: hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on]
Definition of 'Hoax'
From: GCIDE
- Hoax \Hoax\, n. [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.] A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hoax'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'hoax'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bamboozle,
- befool,
- beguile,
- betray,
- bluff,
- cajole,
- cheat,
- cheat on,
- chicane,
- circumvent,
- clinquant,
- con,
- con game,
- conjure,
- counterfeit,
- cozen,
- deceive,
- deception,
- defraud,
- delude,
- diddle,
- double-cross,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- fake,
- fakement,
- flam,
- flimflam,
- fool,
- forestall,
- forgery,
- frame-up,
- fraud,
- game,
- gammon,
- get around,
- gull,
- gyp,
- hocus-pocus,
- hoodwink,
- hornswaggle,
- humbug,
- imitation,
- impostor,
- imposture,
- juggle,
- junk,
- let down,
- mock,
- outmaneuver,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overreach,
- paste,
- phony,
- pigeon,
- pinchbeck,
- play one false,
- put something over,
- put-on,
- put-up job,
- rip-off,
- scam,
- sell,
- sham,
- shoddy,
- simulacrum,
- snow,
- snow job,
- spoof,
- string along,
- swindle,
- take in,
- tinsel,
- trick,
- two-time,
- whited sepulcher