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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boast; deceit |
| Synonyms: | bluster, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, deception, delusion, facade, fake, false colors, false front, feint, fraud, front, humbug, jiving, lie, pretense, pretext, ruse, sham, show, snow*, stall, subterfuge, trick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bluster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bullying, intimidation |
| Synonyms: | bluff, boasting, boisterousness, bombast, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, crowing, rabidity, rampancy, swagger, swaggering |
| Main Entry: | bravado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boastfulness |
| Synonyms: | blowing, bluff, bluster, boasting, bombast, braggadocio, bragging, bullying, crowing, fancy talk, fanfaronade, fuming, gasconade, grandiosity, guts*, hot air, pomposity, pretension, raging, railing, rant, selfglorification, storming, swaggering, swelling, talk, tall talk |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, fearfulness, modesty, restraint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who fools others |
| Synonyms: | bluff, charlatan, chiseler, con artist, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, crook, deceiver, decoy, defrauder, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, enticer, fake, hypocrite, impostor, inveigler, jockey, masquerader, pretender, quack, rascal, rogue, scammer, shark, sharper, shyster, swindler, trickster |
| Main Entry: | cliff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overhang on hill or mountain |
| Synonyms: | bluff, crag, escarpment, face, precipice, rock face, rocky height, scar, scarp, steep rock, wall |
| Main Entry: | con |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | bluff, cheat, crime, deception, double-cross, dupe, fraud, gold brick, graft, mockery, swindle, take in |
| Antonyms: | honesty, truthfulness |
| Main Entry: | deception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, bilk, bluff, catch, cheat, chicane, con, con game, confidence game, cover-up, crock, decoy, device, dodge, fallacy, fast one, fast shuffle, feint, fib, fraud, gimmick, hoax, hogwash, hustle, illusion, imposture, jive, lie, malarkey, mare's-nest, pretext, ride*, ruse, scam, sham, shift, shuck, snare, snow job, stall, sting, story, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, trick, whitewash, wile, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | facade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, often deceptive |
| Synonyms: | beard, bluff, color, disguise, exterior, face, fake, false colors, false front, front, frontage, guise, look, mask, phony, pretense, put-on, semblance, show, veneer, window dressing |
| Antonyms: | character, personality |
| Main Entry: | feint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretense |
| Synonyms: | artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, hoodwinking, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, mock attack, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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