Synonyms for HUMBUG
ˈhʌmˌbʌghum·bug

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1. baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddlenoun

   pretentious or silly talk or writing

   Synonyms:
   drool, fraud, drivel, bosh, slobber, tale, dribble, tommyrot, boloney, hoax, put-on, snake oil, humbug, taradiddle, baloney, bilgewater, story, fib, tarradiddle, tosh, dupery, twaddle, fraudulence

2. humbug, snake oilnoun

   communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

   Synonyms:
   drool, fraud, bosh, fraudulence, tommyrot, boloney, hoax, put-on, humbug, taradiddle, baloney, bilgewater, tarradiddle, snake oil, tosh, dupery, twaddle

3. fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-onverb

   something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

   Synonyms:
   pasquinade, put-on, tarradiddle, duplicity, drool, twaddle, bilgewater, caper, burlesque, fraud, parody, baloney, takeoff, joke, mockery, tommyrot, humbug, pretender, charade, fake, faker, impostor, role player, hoax, sham, fraudulence, dupery, pseud, trick, pseudo, antic, lampoon, shammer, snake oil, travesty, sendup, tosh, boloney, deceit, taradiddle, spoof, imposter, bosh, prank

4. humbugverb

   trick or deceive

Matched Categories

1. • Deceive
   • Misrepresentation
   • Nonsense

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1. humbugnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] imposition, imposture, fetch, deception, fraud, trick, cheat, gammon, dodge, gouge, blind, feint, chouse

2. humbugnoun

   Synonyms:
   charlatanry, charlatanism, quackery, mummery, cant, hypocrisy

3. humbugnoun

   Synonyms:
   impostor, charlatan, quack

4. humbugverb

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] deceive, cheat, cozen, swindle, trick, hoax, befool, diddle, chouse, impose upon

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1. humbugnoun

   Synonyms:
   imposition, hoax, deception, imposture, charlatanism, quackery, cajolery, impostor, deceiver, cheat, charlatan

2. humbugverb

   Synonyms:
   deceive, impose on, hoax

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1. Becket Executive Director Montse Alvarado:

   A hearty bah-humbug toast to university officials who make Christian and Jewish students feel like second class citizens at a time that should be full of brotherly love and giving.

2. Vincent Van Gogh:

   In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.”

3. Charles Dickens:

   'A merry Christmas, uncle God save you' cried a cheerful voice. 'Bah' said Scrooge. 'Humbug'

4. Alan Simpson:

   An educated man ... is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

5. William Tecumseh Sherman:

   Vox populi, vox humbug.