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What is another word for
hoax
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Noun
A malicious ruse or deception
A humorous prank or practical joke
A fraudulent imitation of something else
A manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings
A joke or an amusing story
A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so
The condition or quality of being phony or fake
Verb
To deceive or fool someone
To tease, especially in a jocular manner
Adjective
Fake, especially with an intent to deceive
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Noun
▲
A malicious ruse or deception
ruse
deception
fraud
con
scam
swindle
cheat
imposture
bluff
canard
fastie
put-on
con trick
confidence trick
con game
fast one
put-up job
confidence game
trick
artifice
wile
sham
dodge
stratagem
flimflam
subterfuge
manoeuvre
UK
deceit
scheme
maneuver
US
sting
bunco
device
ploy
machination
pretence
UK
hustle
pretense
US
feint
racket
contrivance
trickery
blind
gambit
shift
expedient
gimmick
stunt
cheating
wheeze
game
grift
rort
rip-off
fetch
sleight
chicanery
fix
fiddle
lurk
play
jig
set-up
tactic
craft
sell
snow job
humbug
fake
dirty trick
double-dealing
shell game
shenanigan
flanker
shady deal
knack
bamboozlement
juggle
smokescreen
imposition
leg-pull
misrepresentation
hocus-pocus
fast shuffle
bunko
pretext
move
spoof
kidology
schlenter
plot
codology
rig
cozening
hoaxing
delusion
chicane
sharp practice
hanky-panky
diddle
shakedown
plan
trap
illusion
lie
blackmail
decoy
dishonesty
craftiness
stall
snare
cover
duplicity
Trojan horse
intrigue
cunning
dissimulation
skulduggery
skullduggery
twist
dirty pool
red herring
shenanigans
sleight of hand
hypocrisy
monkey business
charade
prank
jive
duping
whitewash
kite
masquerade
swizzle
boondoggle
swindling
extortion
fraudulence
embezzlement
wrong
pretension
bait
hokum
joke
distraction
quackery
hoodwinking
strategy
dirty work
evasion
wangle
frame-up
smoke and mirrors
guile
legerdemain
angle
lure
crooked deal
jugglery
artfulness
slyness
switch
funny business
setup
gamesmanship
double-cross
jiggery-pokery
charlatanry
method
fakery
conspiracy
caper
loophole
treachery
ambush
sellout
ramp
falsehood
distortion
invention
plant
jazz
frame
baloney
take-in
hosing
hocus
duck
sweet talk
soft soap
show
insincerity
scenario
sanctimoniousness
curveball
fraudulent scheme
run around
cover up
game plan
posturing
deviousness
facade
jiving
snow
front
bill of goods
cunning plan
mock attack
make-believe
booby trap
façade
piece of deception
cant
rip off
bit of sharp practice
wiles
sophistry
falsity
oldest trick in the book
barratry
criminality
string
monkeyshine
crime
sucker game
beguilement
horseplay
slant
allurement
monkeyshines
scheming
little game
villainy
rug pull
Tartufferie
underhandedness
false show
falseness
foul play
deceptiveness
mere show
phoneyness
bad deed
swizz
dupery
management
fourberie
tricks
false colors
false front
phoney
UK
dirty deeds
exploitation
hoky-poky
cruel act
phony
US
lies
propaganda
resource
snake oil
wooden nickel
song and dance
roguery
knavery
stealing
quiz
empty talk
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
measure
step
means
dido
bait and switch
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
deviation
interruption
attention-grabber
equivocation
double cross
flim-flam
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
curve ball
false face
smoke screen
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
resort
stopgap
recourse
refuge
expediency
makeshift
catch
bilk
ride
shuck
mare's nest
cover-up
design
course of action
line of action
cabal
programme
UK
program
US
finesse
instrument
secret
action
brainchild
project
arrangement
machinations
tactics
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
way
sport
tack
policy
escapade
system
covin
operation
collusion
practice
corruption
manipulation
venture
blueprint
demarche
shuffle
enterprise
secret plan
plan of action
shtick
jest
eye-catching novelty
kicker
antic
feat
idea
screen
cloak
mask
camouflage
winning move
creation
planning
plotting
bit
scene
proposition
innovation
cunningness
improvisation
disguise
concoction
clever move
recreancy
medium
coinage
substitute
approach
one-upmanship
ground plan
master plan
wrinkle
crafty designs
road map
grand design
crookedness
skin game
deceitfulness
course
deed
instrumentality
act
tool
unscrupulousness
graft
solution
movement
initiative
bread and circuses
bread and games
fake out
complot
line
path
squeeze
lay
theft
illegality
lawlessness
road
quick fix
motion
push
perfidy
countermine
counterplot
treacherousness
disloyalty
moves
manoeuvres
UK
plans
campaign
logistics
shifting
agency
maneuvers
US
fit-up
set of tactics
game plans
battle plans
illegal scheme
military science
illegal enterprise
criminal activity
stratagems
-gate
surreptitiousness
furtiveness
proceeding
procedure
attempt
progress
effort
illicit scheme
wire-pulling
double-crossing
more ❯
“It appeared to be a
hoax
to swindle money from government agents.”
Noun
▲
A humorous prank or practical joke
trick
prank
jest
joke
jape
spoof
humbug
practical joke
gag
lark
caper
antic
frolic
escapade
roguery
knavery
tomfoolery
stunt
leg-pull
dido
rag
waggery
capriccio
shines
shenanigan
shavie
piece of mischief
monkeyshines
quiz
goak
cutup
game
wind-up
put-on
mischievous act
shenanigans
rib
horseplay
rollick
gambol
gambade
high jinks
espieglerie
fool's errand
mischievous trick
mischief
hoodwinking
cantrip
act
clowning
snow job
monkeyshine
sport
skylarking
play
levity
roughhouse
roughhousing
gambado
whim
caprice
fooling
rowdiness
prat
fancy
lightness
rig
hotfoot
freak
shine
amusement
fun
laugh
skylark
giggle
antics
fooling around
monkey business
romp
fling
revel
drollery
devilry
exploit
crack
monkey tricks
windup
fooling about
dirty trick
put on
jesting
number
funny business
cod
setup
spree
merrymaking
fun and games
amusing time
didoes
wisecrack
funny
witticism
hoot
entertainment
josh
boffola
quip
pleasantry
one-liner
deception
tease
more ❯
“A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate
hoax
by Irish pranksters.”
Noun
▲
A fraudulent imitation of something else
fake
sham
forgery
counterfeit
phoney
UK
phony
US
humbug
fraud
dupe
imitation
pirate
rip-off
pseudo
copy
reproduction
replica
imposture
deception
junque
dummy
likeness
mock-up
knock-off
lookalike
bogus
simulacrum
facsimile
falsification
dud
model
toy
bootleg
warez
pinchbeck
spoof
simulation
pretence
UK
imposition
pretense
US
put-on
fabrication
sleight
four-flusher
make-believe
scam
trick
swindle
flimflam
gold brick
warez
duplicate
duplication
clone
replication
carbon copy
paste
impersonation
masquerade
knockoff
image
sample
fool's gold
prototype
reflection
carbon
mirroring
mock
paralleling
recreation
match
beta version
test case
reduplication
virtual reality
representation
ringer
more ❯
“Suddenly, you're going to swear that your American passport is a
hoax
and that everything sounds and tastes so much better in español.”
Noun
▲
A manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings
pretence
UK
pretense
US
front
facade
guise
show
façade
disguise
semblance
masquerade
mask
charade
act
veneer
pose
veil
appearance
cover
airs
cloak
playacting
simulation
deception
dissimulation
display
trick
fakery
artifice
con
subterfuge
posturing
feigning
imitation
deceit
schtick
faking
fabrication
stall
falsification
misrepresentation
invention
routine
posing
acting
evasion
garb
insincerity
ostentation
shuffling
stunt
camouflage
hokum
image
impression
parody
posture
smokescreen
snivel
travesty
put-on
make-believe
false pretense
false show
dumb act
false appearance
false front
double-dealing
outward appearance
sham
shamming
pretext
lie
dissembling
falsehood
affectation
ruse
counterfeit
trickery
bluff
play-acting
false colours
illusion
fraudulence
duplicity
fraud
deceitfulness
lying
dishonesty
falsity
mendacity
treachery
hypocrisy
wile
feint
dissemblance
humbug
kidology
a put-on
false display
lack of veracity
a put-up job
false excuse
likeness
pretension
suggestion
simulacrum
showing
fake
air
claim
effect
face
attitude
performance
profession
stance
forgery
impersonation
chaser
hamming
phoney
UK
ploy
phony
US
dissimilation
jive
phoniness
imposture
flimflam
shuck and jive
sweet talk
soft soap
burlesque
sell
spoof
fiction
smoke
cover-up
snow job
put-up job
bluffing
pretending
hoaxing
assuming a front
putting on a front
screen
exterior
look
window dressing
smoke screen
shroud
pretentiousness
gloss
blind
color
US
role
colour
UK
covering
false colors
fig leaf
smoke and mirrors
curtain
window-dressing
affectedness
mannerism
layer
masking
public image
coloring
US
superciliousness
red herring
mantle
pretensions
mien
pageant
exaggeration
colouring
UK
disguisement
hood
beard
aspect
wraps
concealment
arrogance
expression
artificiality
excuse
figure
shield
bearing
countenance
carriage
demeanour
UK
name
dress
aura
blanket
snobbery
inflation
grandiosity
coverture
penumbra
pall
cope
feeling
demeanor
US
side
snootiness
uppishness
outward show
shade
airs and graces
going Hollywood
enactment
showing off
assumed manners
unnatural imitation
putting on airs
manner
misstatement
parade
pomposity
whitewash
robe
character
farce
presentation
shell
outside
haughtiness
hauteur
mockery
assumption
visage
outward display
mummery
personality
identity
part
mere façade
costume
scheme
light
envelope
swank
personation
revel
portrayal
disguising
closeting
coverup
an act
a scene
self
smoke-screen
attitudinizing
form
stand
fallacy
fancy
misperception
personage
person
approximation
resemblance
false impression
persona
counterfeiting
cheating
fakeness
frontage
similitude
alikeness
seeming
mood
similarity
affinity
feel
public face
assumed role
deceptive appearance
more ❯
Noun
▲
A joke or an amusing story
gag
joke
jest
quip
witticism
wisecrack
pleasantry
funny
josh
jape
crack
laugh
boffola
drollery
rib
giggle
boffo
waggery
boff
nifty
pun
sally
yuck
yuk
comeback
rejoinder
ruse
wile
one-liner
bon mot
double entendre
witty remark
play on words
funny remark
flash of wit
shaggy dog story
repartee
banter
prank
fun
spoof
play
rib-tickler
epigram
riposte
gibe
retort
humor
US
humour
UK
remark
jibe
aphorism
return
anecdote
smart remark
badinage
barb
equivoque
dig
paronomasia
clever remark
funny story
in-joke
clowning
amusement
jeer
zinger
whimsy
buffoonery
raillery
counter
insult
aside
Atticism
insinuation
slur
slight
comedy
retaliation
taunt
amusing tale
ha-ha
cutting remark
apophthegm
facetiousness
whimsicality
foolishness
witty comment
sneer
affront
mot
hoot
entertainment
wit
joking
levity
parody
quirk
merriment
yarn
squib
practical joke
good-natured remark
sardonic remark
smart crack
pithy remark
gem
lark
nonsense
offence
UK
killer
chestnut
absurdity
ridiculousness
blague
offense
US
satire
burlesque
counterattack
mockery
witty communication
witty poem
nice turn of phrase
witty saying
jeu d'esprit
knee-slapper
thigh-slapper
answer
old chestnut
shaggy-dog story
response
inside joke
reply
replication
acknowledgement
UK
antiphon
lip
respond
reprisal
topper
cooler
acknowledgment
US
snappy comeback
back talk
parting shot
back answer
more ❯
Noun
▲
A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so
canard
lie
falsehood
falsity
whopper
prevarication
story
fiction
falsification
mendacity
porky
misrepresentation
sham
misinformation
disinformation
untruth
dissimulation
ruse
fabrication
fib
exaggeration
tall tale
cock-and-bull story
trumped-up story
fake news
tall story
half-truth
made-up story
terminological inexactitude
departure from the truth
porky pie
pork pie
fairy tale
fable
tale
taradiddle
tarradiddle
fairy story
piece of fiction
white lie
invention
cock and bull story
alternative fact
distortion
yarn
barefaced lie
little white lie
myth
bulldust
deception
pretence
UK
pretense
US
untruism
perjury
misstatement
hogwash
line
fibbery
angler's tale
untruthfulness
red herring
flight of fancy
figment of the imagination
fake
pishogue
whisper
excuse
shaggy-dog story
nancy story
fish story
spinach
jazz
evasiveness
crock
equivocation
figment
fraud
fakery
feigning
half truth
false statement
false report
cover-up
pretext
rumor
US
rumour
UK
deceit
trickery
wile
stratagem
propaganda
gossip
conspiracy theory
economy with the truth
fantasy
fallacy
dishonesty
illusion
coloring
US
concoction
delusion
error
misconception
fancy
colouring
UK
misbelief
hallucination
fraudulence
inaccuracy
kidology
baloney
deceitfulness
subterfuge
hypocrisy
hyperbole
stretch
lies
caricature
slant
shamming
dissembling
duplicity
rant
romance
misjudgement
misjudgment
phantasy
imagination
treachery
artifice
lying
overstatement
smoke
amplification
emphasis
guise
adulteration
excess
embroidery
extravagance
enlargement
elaboration
forgery
exaltation
detraction
perversion
fudging
aggrandizement
US
hyperbolism
boasting
figure of speech
twisting
twist
mutilation
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
manipulation
jive
doctoring
alteration
tampering
aggrandisement
UK
figment of imagination
false light
song and dance
not a true picture
old wivesʼ tale
whitewash
malarkey
bunk
fibbing
big lie
remarkable story
guile
quibbling
falseness
spuriousness
persuasion
backbiting
evasion
scandal
unreliability
prepared speech
one for the birds
nonsense
cover
disguise
mask
semblance
front
deviation from the truth
improvisation
disregard for the facts
fibs
creativity
hooey
unrealism
urban legend
urban myth
superstition
purple prose
apologue
creation
pretentiousness
magnification
pretension
inflation
overemphasis
overestimation
slanting
bias
opus
claptrap
artifact
US
work
artefact
UK
false colors
misreporting
made up story
debasement
spin
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
mistaken belief
false notion
stretching
fiddling
changing
fictitious story
change
tinkering
tall talk
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
more ❯
Noun
▲
The condition or quality of being phony or fake
phoniness
fakeness
disingenuousness
artificiality
falsity
hypocrisy
insincerity
mendacity
perfidy
pretentiousness
quackery
affectation
casuistry
deceptiveness
dissembling
dissimulation
duplicitousness
duplicity
falseness
fraud
mendaciousness
cant
deceit
deceitfulness
deception
dishonesty
evasiveness
faithless
glibness
imposture
mockery
perfidiousness
pharisaicalness
pharisaism
sanctimoniousness
sanctimony
shiftiness
slickness
slyness
speciousness
unctuousness
backhandedness
deviousness
display
hollowness
lie
snide
tartuffery
unfaithfulness
untruthfulness
put-on
bad faith
double-dealing
false profession
lip service
two-facedness
being two-faced
pietism
irreverence
bigotry
self-righteousness
ambidexterity
religiosity
haughtiness
conceit
complacency
piety
smugness
superciliousness
pomposity
self-satisfaction
pretension
inauthenticity
play-acting
affectedness
unnaturalness
false piety
pretence
UK
humbug
piousness
posturing
Tartufferie
Pharisaism
phoneyness
pretense
US
phariseeism
empty talk
affected piety
false virtue
double standard
affected superiority
guile
craftiness
cunning
artifice
wiliness
cheating
craft
foxiness
crookedness
cunningness
guilefulness
fakery
crookery
cozenage
dupery
fraudulence
spuriousness
inaccurateness
unreliableness
illusoriness
inaccuracy
unreliability
unrepresentativeness
trickery
lying
treachery
kidology
sham
codology
imposition
underhandedness
chicanery
falsehood
subterfuge
wile
two-timing
bluff
fabrication
shamming
faithlessness
falsification
ruse
dissemblance
betrayal
dirty pool
dirty dealing
knavery
management
monkeyshines
bluffing
chicane
trapping
ambidextrousness
jiggery-pokery
hanky-panky
funny business
misrepresentation
monkey business
con
defrauding
overreaching
cozening
entrapping
moralizing
US
pretext
moralising
UK
disguise
lies
artfulness
treason
disloyalty
perjury
guise
invention
trick
hoodwinking
duping
untruth
crocodile tears
show
hypocriticalness
tokenism
snow job
fast one
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
sham holiness
pious platitudes
superiority
priggishness
smoke and mirrors
distortion
erroneousness
uncandidness
legerdemain
feigning
stratagem
prevarication
trickiness
faking
equivocation
delusion
hokum
disguising
concealing
counterfeiting
masking
sophism
obfuscation
illusion
swindle
flimflam
beguilement
blarney
boondoggle
defraudation
circumvention
juggling
trumpery
scam
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
cheat
hocus-pocus
suppression
camouflage
skulduggery
shadiness
swindling
improbity
infidelity
dodge
shenanigans
treacherousness
feint
pecksniffery
skullduggery
hustle
knavishness
untrustworthiness
unfairness
unjustness
twoness
dualism
duality
canard
sharp practice
hypocritical statement
prank
Judas kiss
cover
mask
exaggeration
coloring
US
semblance
misstatement
front
seditious
dirty trick
one-upmanship
dirty work
dirty tricks
Punic faith
breach of trust
back-stabbing
double-crossing
stab in the back
stab in back
propaganda
sting
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
con game
false colors
colouring
UK
misleading
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Verb
▲
To deceive or fool someone
deceive
trick
fool
dupe
con
hoodwink
mislead
delude
bamboozle
sucker
cozen
beguile
gull
bluff
cheat
snooker
misguide
gaff
misinform
swindle
hornswoggle
defraud
snow
have
humbug
spoof
burn
gammon
buffalo
juggle
sting
catch
fleece
scam
flimflam
rook
kid
chicane
befool
frame
take in
string along
have on
fake out
suck in
take for a ride
put one over on
lead on
pull a fast one on
pull a swifty on
pull one's leg
lead up the garden path
pull the wool over someone's eyes
set up
play games with
run a game on
bilk
diddle
stiff
double-cross
do
rip off
victimize
US
outwit
victimise
UK
mulct
euchre
shaft
fiddle
screw
finagle
hose
skin
hustle
beat
shortchange
bunco
do a number on
take advantage of
stick
chisel
ream
betray
bleed
squeeze
take to the cleaners
swizzle
short
entrap
skunk
chouse
thimblerig
sharp
pluck
nobble
do in
inveigle
outfox
shake down
sell a pup to
overreach
exploit
lead down the garden path
illude
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
put on
milk
lead astray
ensnare
rope in
embezzle
jive
lie
make a fool of
give someone a bum steer
fox
fake
sell
prevaricate
outsmart
clip
disinform
circumvent
gazump
misstate
impose on
misrepresent
lie to
fudge
baffle
pervert
juke
seduce
pull a fast one
outslick
misdirect
outdo
gouge
goldbrick
outjockey
rob
take
sandbag
swizz
shuck
outthink
bait
defeat
top
fabricate
outguess
stitch up
mousetrap
distort
outgeneral
cap
worst
goose
jip
confuse
bewilder
do the dirty on
screw over
get the better of
send on a wild goose chase
figure out
throw off the scent
put on the wrong track
put on an act
end run
sham
jockey
manipulate
trap
catch out
play a trick on
falsify
outplay
pretend
trim
dissemble
doublespeak
dissimulate
propagandize
US
wheedle
caboodle
pull someone's leg
pull fast one
propagandise
UK
jerk around
out-think
gaslight
play for a sucker
cover up
double-talk
double-deal
do out of
run rings round
sell a pup
sell a bill of goods to
throw dust in someone's eyes
give wrong information to
be cleverer than
make rings round
lead up garden path
wrong steer
play trick on
put up smoke screen
put on false front
bait and switch
steal a march on
give the wrong impression
thwart
stump
blag
pigeon
pilfer
pull in
outperform
use
lull
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
finesse
play
hook
disappoint
bunk
four-flush
overcharge
play away
cross up
take for a fool
entangle
enmesh
psych out
extort
steal
play joke on
take to cleaners
beat out of
take for ride
throw
make a sucker of
contrive
sway
cajole
lure
coax
butty
prey on
bleed dry
play-act
trifle
dally
go one better than
fix
flam
wangle
impress
double deal
hand a line
toy
wanton
do number on
sucker into
do someone in the eye
pull wool over
be sold a pup
sell a bill of goods
play for a fool
bias
sweet-talk
hocus-pocus
cross
rush
lirt
blench
rogue
belirt
crib
pull
toy with
dally with
play with
trifle with
make use of
play fast and loose with
give the runaround
short-change
send on a wild-goose chase
sell down the river
pull wires
play games
twist around your little finger
stage-manage
pull strings
fast talk
take out
give bum steer
break the rules
give the shaft
feign
best
simulate
affect
counterfeit
fib
act
assume
profess
masquerade
pose
posture
exaggerate
perjure
equivocate
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
forswear
pass for
put it on
pass off as
tell a falsehood
tell an untruth
not tell the truth
BS
be economical with the truth
not speak the truth
fake it
make up a story
tell stories
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
stretch the truth
tell a white lie
perjure oneself
tell untruths
be untruthful
break promise
make believe
tell a terminological inexactitude
tell a lie
lack candor
put up a front
concoct a story
forswear oneself
bear false witness
be forsworn
say something untrue
depart from the truth
commit perjury
tempt
entice
sell out
two-time
stab in the back
allure
decoy
play someone false
backstab
be disloyal to
break faith with
be unfaithful to
persuade
let down
trip up
wrong-foot
fail
draw
induce
expose
charm
plunder
doctor
solicit
unsettle
cook
influence
soak
disconcert
trip
engineer
lead
rig
drag
rope
attack
go back on
draw in
be disloyal
interfere with
tinker with
fiddle with
tamper with
corrupt
duck
weasel
dodge
lead off
balk
US
deprive
do someone dirty
deke
attract
slip out
cop out
worm one's way out of
beat around the bush
slip something over on
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
despoil
outflank
heist
filch
frustrate
ruin
foil
welsh
put one over
baulk
UK
play dirty
rip-off
put someone up to something
gip
massage
poke borack
lie under oath
swear falsely
discover
forge
split
be dishonest
step out
doublecross
implicate
involve
gerrymander
arrange
misrepresent the truth
distort the truth
betray one's true intentions
incriminate
make a monkey of
make a monkey out of
make somebody look an idiot
embroil
ingratiate
pressure
press
embrangle
find out
broil
desert
trump up
arrange fraudulently
mock up
mire
engage
pool
turn traitor
commit treason
pimp on
be unfaithful
play Judas
mistreat
abuse
intimidate
talk into
captivate
molest
hack
fit up
machinate
harass
hound
lay a trap for
terrorize
US
blackmail
invite
terrorise
UK
mastermind
mess around
game
beckon
steer
pick on
train
discomfit
find a loophole in
fudge with
discountenance
exploit a loophole in
win over
turn on
get
come on
throw off
throw off balance
put someone off their stride
catch on the hop
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“I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to
hoax
me.”
Verb
▲
To tease, especially in a jocular manner
jest
kid
chaff
josh
banter
jive
tease
fool
rib
roast
razz
mock
rag
needle
twit
shuck
fool around
wind up
fool about
play a joke on
pull someone's leg
take the mickey
play a practical joke on
have on
play a prank
get a rise out of
make a monkey out of
take a rise out of
make fun of
play a practical joke
mess
deride
taunt
gambol
frolic
ride
rally
ridicule
fun
quip
joke
play a joke
pull someone's chain
mess about
play a trick
pull one's leg
play the fool
mess around
rot someone
put someone on
play tricks
jolly
jape
wisecrack
gag
yuck
yuk
poke fun at
pretend
spoof
laugh at
slang
set up
joke with
act
feign
sham
fake
raspberry
heckle
have a laugh
tell stories
have a joke on somebody
counterfeit
clown around
clown about
put on an act
make believe
muck around
muck someone about
bother
play
make sport of
be facetious
yank someone's chain
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Adjective
▲
Fake, especially with an intent to deceive
pretend
fake
false
bogus
sham
phony
US
phoney
UK
contrived
faked
spurious
fabricated
fictitious
deceptive
untrue
misleading
concocted
invented
adopted
dishonest
trick
apocryphal
artificial
delusive
delusory
made-up
trumped-up
cooked-up
made up
counterfeit
forged
fraudulent
pseudo
dud
illusory
chimerical
illusionary
hallucinatory
invalid
queer
unauthentic
inauthentic
snide
cod
worthless
null
make-believe
quasi-
not what it is cracked up to be
bad
inoperative
dummy
nonbinding
null and void
void
not binding
nugatory
illegal
uncollectible
nonvalid
mock
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