Synonyms of humbugs

humbugs 1 of 2

noun

plural of humbug

as in frauds

one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frauds
• fakes
• shams
• pretenders
• charlatans
• quacks
• deceivers
• imposters
• misleaders
• mountebanks
• impostors
• fakers
• phoneys
• phonies
• fakirs
• actors
• counterfeiters
• operators
• ringers
• hoaxers
• dissemblers
• quacksalvers
• tricksters
• imitators
• copycats
• swindlers
• sharpers
• impersonators
• poseurs
• skinners
• dodgers
• mimics
• scammers
• duper
• fraudsters
• bluffers
• sharpies
• defrauders
• scamsters
• feigners
• cozeners

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masters
• professionals
• virtuosi
• experts
• adepts
• virtuosos
• authorities
• wizards
• maestros
• aces
• past masters
• maestri
• whizzes
• crackerjacks
• crackajacks

humbugs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of humbug

as in fools

to cause to believe what is untrue

humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fools
• tricks
• deceives
• kids
• suckers
• deludes
• dupes
• hoaxes
• hoodwinks
• bamboozles
• snows
• gulls
• teases
• misleads
• misguides
• gaffs
• misinforms
• bluffs
• strings along
• spoofs
• buffaloes
• has on
• cons
• stings
• beguiles
• cheats
• cozens
• gammons
• sucks in
• snookers
• juggles
• hornswoggles
• fakes out
• burns
• does a number on
• takes in
• catches
• has
• leads one up the garden path
• leads one down the garden path
• pulls one's leg
• swindles
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• mulcts
• fleeces
• defrauds
• puts on
• sticks
• chisels
• rooks
• diddles
• hustles
• shortchanges
• flimflams
• skins
• bleeds
• squeezes
• euchres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• unmasks
• shows up
• exposes
• debunks
• uncovers
• tells
• undeceives
• discloses
• divulges
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disillusions
• disenchants
• disabuses