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单词 hoaxer
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(hoʊksəʳ)
Word forms: plural hoaxers
countable noun
A hoaxer is someone who carries out a hoax.
[mainly British]
Synonyms: trickster, joker, prankster, spoofer [informal] More Synonyms of hoaxer

Examples of 'hoaxer' in a sentence
hoaxer

Police had believed that the recruitment message was the work of a hoaxer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But it is now thought hoaxers photographed a toy in a field and posted the picture online.
The Sun (2014)
Anyone expecting the story of a compulsive hoaxer to be funny will quickly realise their mistake.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Synonyms of 'hoaxer'

trickster, joker, prankster, spoofer
More Synonyms of hoaxer
(noun) 
She will enjoy permanent fame as a literary hoaxer.
Synonyms
trickster
The veteran trickster had made a fortune in his 40 years of fraud.
joker
He is, by nature, a joker, a witty man with a sense of fun.
prankster
spoofer (informal)
humbug
What a revolting humbug the man was!
bamboozler (informal)
hoodwinker
practical joker

Additional synonyms

in the sense of humbug
Definition
a dishonest person
What a revolting humbug the man was!
Synonyms
fraud (informal),
cheat,
faker,
charlatan,
quack,
trickster,
conman or woman (informal),
con artist (informal),
impostor,
fraudster,
swindler,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
phoney or phony (informal),
rorter (Australian, slang)
in the sense of joker
Definition
a person who jokes a lot
He is, by nature, a joker, a witty man with a sense of fun.
Synonyms
comedian,
comic,
wit,
clown,
wag,
kidder (informal),
jester,
dag (New Zealand, informal),
prankster,
buffoon,
trickster,
humorist

Nearby words of
hoaxer

  • hoarseness
  • hoary
  • hoax
  • hoaxer
  • hobble
  • hobby
  • hobby-horse

Synonyms of 'hoaxer'

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