humbug

Letters that make humbug

b, g, h, m, u are letters that make 'humbug'

Words within humbug

MB, HUM, hum, bug, Mb are words within 'humbug'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of humbug

humbugs is a word created by adding a letter to 'humbug'

4 possible definitions for 'humbug'

Humbug as "pretentious or silly talk or writing"

Under this definition, humbug is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

drool, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, baloney have the same meaning as 'humbug'

humbug as a type

'humbug' can be a type of bunk, nonsense, meaninglessness, hokum, nonsensicality.

humbug Usage

'humbug' can be a useage of patois, slang, lingo, argot, cant, vernacular, jargon.

Derivatives of humbug

maunder, twaddle, gabble, clack, piffle, tattle, tittle-tattle, chatter, prate, prattle, blabber, blab, gibber, palaver are derivatives of 'humbug'.

Humbug as "trick or deceive"

Under this definition, humbug is a verb and has the following properties:

humbug as a type

'humbug' can be a type of deceive, cozen, delude, lead on.

Derivatives of humbug

put-on, fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug are derivatives of 'humbug'.

Humbug as "communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive"

Under this definition, humbug is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

snake oil has the same meaning as humbug

humbug as a type

'humbug' can be a type of misrepresentation, deceit, deception.

Humbug as "something intended to deceive, deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage"

Under this definition, humbug is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

put-on, fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax have the same meaning as 'humbug'

humbug as a type

'humbug' can be a type of shenanigan, trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile.

Types of humbug

goldbrick is a type of humbug.

Derivatives of humbug

fallacious, fool, take in, befool, put one over, play a joke on, gull, slang, dupe, cod, put on, pull someone's leg, hoax, humbug, put one across, deceitful, fraudulent are derivatives of 'humbug'.


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