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bluffs - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: bluff
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deceive
Synonyms: affect, beguile, betray, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake*, feign, fool, humbug*, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, put on*, sham*, shuck*, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick, bunco, fake out, illude, jive*, psych out
Antonyms: come clean, reveal, tell truth
Main Entry: bluff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boast; deceit
Synonyms: bluster, bravado, deception, delusion, facade, fake, false front, feint, fraud, front, humbug*, lie, pretense, pretext, ruse, sham, show, snow*, stall, subterfuge, trick, braggadocio, bragging, false colors, jiving
Main Entry: bluff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: precipice
Synonyms: bank, cliff, escarpment, headland, hill, mountain, peak, promontory, ridge, rock, crag
Main Entry: affect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend, imitate
Synonyms: act, adopt, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, fake, feign, put on, sham*, simulate, take on, aspire to, do a bit, lay it on thick, make out like, playact, put up a front
Notes: as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result'
effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect
Main Entry: assume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend
Synonyms: act, adopt, affect, bluff, counterfeit, fake, feign, imitate, impersonate, mimic, pretend, put on, simulate
Main Entry: beguile
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fool
Synonyms: betray, bluff, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, entice, exploit, finesse, flimflam*, gyp*, have, hoodwink*, jockey, juggle, lure, manipulate, mislead, play, rook*, scam, seduce, shave*, snow*, stick*, string along, take, take in, trick, impose on, play for a sucker, rope in, suck in
Main Entry: betray
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be disloyal
Synonyms: abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle*, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert, double-cross, finger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play Judas, play false, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, stab in the back*, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, walk out on
Antonyms: be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support
Main Entry: bluster
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bullying, intimidation
Synonyms: bluff, boasting, bombast, bravado, swagger, boisterousness, braggadocio, bragging, crowing, rabidity, rampancy, swaggering
Main Entry: bravado
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boastfulness
Synonyms: blowing, bluff, bluster, boasting, bombast, bullying, guts*, hot air*, pomposity, pretension, raging, railing, rant, swelling, talk, braggadocio, bragging, crowing, fancy talk, fanfaronade, fuming, gasconade, grandiosity, selfglorification, storming, swaggering, tall talk
Antonyms: cowardice, fear, modesty, restraint, fearfulness
Main Entry: cheat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who fools others
Synonyms: bluff, charlatan, chiseler, con artist, crook, deceiver, decoy, fake, hypocrite, impostor, jockey, pretender, quack, rascal, rogue, shyster, swindler, trickster, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, defrauder, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, enticer, inveigler, masquerader, scammer, shark, sharper
Main Entry: cliff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: overhang on hill or mountain
Synonyms: bluff, escarpment, face, precipice, scar, wall, crag, rock face, rocky height, scarp, steep rock
Main Entry: con
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trick
Synonyms: bluff, cheat, crime, deception, double-cross, dupe, fraud, graft, mockery, swindle, take in, gold brick
Antonyms: honesty, truthfulness
Main Entry: counterfeit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make deceitful imitation
Synonyms: Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, imitate, impersonate, knock off*, mimic, mint, phony*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, act like, circulate bad money, do like, go like, make like, make money, mimeo, phony up, stat
Antonyms: be honest
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*
Main Entry: delude
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deceive, fool
Synonyms: beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cozen, double-cross, dupe*, gull*, hoax*, hoodwink*, juggle*, mislead, outfox, snow*, string along, sucker, take in, trick, caboodle, disinform, do a number on, illude, impose on, jive*, lead up garden path, misguide, mousetrap, play trick on
Antonyms: be truthful
Main Entry: double-cross
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to deceive or betray someone
Synonyms: beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cross, deceive, defraud, dupe, hoodwink*, humbug*, juggle, mislead, scam, sell, sell out*, sell out, split, stab in the back, swindle, take in, trick, two-time*, two-time, double deal, four-flush, illude, sell down the river
Antonyms: be open, tell truth
Main Entry: facade
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: appearance, often deceptive
Synonyms: beard*, bluff, color, disguise, exterior, face, fake, false front*, front, guise, look, mask, phony, pretense, semblance, show, veneer, window dressing*, false colors, frontage, put-on
Antonyms: character, personality
Main Entry: fake
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend
Synonyms: act, affect, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, disguise, dissimulate, fabricate, feign, forge, put on, put on an act*, sham, simulate, spoof
Main Entry: feign
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend
Synonyms: act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, fabricate, fake, forge, imagine, imitate, invent, play, play possum*, put on, sham*, simulate, stonewall*, do a bit, four-flush, give appearance of, make show of, phony up, put on act, put up a front
Antonyms: be true
Main Entry: feint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pretense
Synonyms: artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, hoodwinking, mock attack
Antonyms: truth
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