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Synonyms for "put-on" in English

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put-on:
- trick; prank; joke; caper; put-on; antic; hoax; fraud; humbug; dupery; fraudulence

English

Detailed Synonyms for put-on in English

put-on:

put-on [the ~] nomen

the put-on

– a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement ¹
the trick; the prank; the joke; the caper; the put-on; the antic
– a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement ¹
- trick [the ~] nomen
- prank [the ~] nomen
- joke [the ~] nomen
- caper [the ~] nomen
- put-on [the ~] nomen
- antic [the ~] nomen
the put-on

– something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage ¹
the hoax; the fraud; the humbug; the put-on; the dupery; the fraudulence
– something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage ¹
- hoax [the ~] nomen
- fraud [the ~] nomen
- humbug [the ~] nomen
- put-on [the ~] nomen
- dupery [the ~] nomen
- fraudulence [the ~] nomen

Alternate Synonyms for "put-on":

parody; lampoon; spoof; sendup; mockery; takeoff; burlesque; travesty; charade; pasquinade; caricature; imitation; impersonation
fraud; fraudulence; dupery; hoax; humbug; trickery; chicanery; chicane; guile; wile; shenanigan
antic; joke; prank; trick; caper; diversion; recreation

Related Definitions for "put-on":

a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement¹
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage¹

Related Synonyms for put-on

on
put

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University