humbug

humbug is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
2. noun. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
3. noun. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
4. transitive verb. To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
5. noun. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

   Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax

6. noun. communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
7. noun. pretentious or silly talk or writing

   Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

8. verb. trick or deceive

Synonyms

dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

Common word forms

humbugs, humbugged, humbugger, humbugable, humbugging

Words from these letters

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