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Synonyms for jive
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : jahyv |
Phonetic Transcription : dʒaɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for jive Other synonyms for the word jive
- absurdity
- act
- adulation
- affect
- aggrandize
- allege
- allusion
- answer
- apologetics
- apologia
- apologizing
- apology
- applause
- applesauce
- approbation
- argot
- argument
- artfulness
- artifact
- artifice
- attract attention
- babble
- badinage
- bait
- balderdash
- baloney
- bamboozlement
- bananas
- banter
- be at
- be deceitful
- be hypocritical
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- bebop
- bedevil
- beg the question
- beguile
- beleaguer
- belie
- bend
- betray
- bilk
- bill of goods
- blandishment
- blarney
- blather
- blow
- blow hot and cold
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- blues
- bluff
- bluster
- bob
- bombast
- bon mot
- boogie
- boogie down
- boogie-woogie
- bootlicking
- bop
- BS
- buckle
- bull
- bully
- bunco
- bunk
- bunkum
- bunny hop
- burlesque
- burn
- buzz
- caboodle
- cajolery
- cant
- caper
- careen
- caricature
- caricaturize
- cartoon
- catch
- cavil
- cavort
- chaff
- Charleston
- chat
- chatty
- cheat
- chicane
- chicanery
- chitchat
- chouse
- circumvent
- circumvention
- claim
- claim falsely
- claptrap
- cleanup
- clip
- cloud the issue
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- coin
- colloquy
- coloring
- commendation
- comment
- common
- communication
- communion
- con
- con game
- concoct
- concoction
- confab
- confabulation
- conference
- confidence game
- conga
- congratulate oneself
- consultation
- contortion
- contrive
- conversation
- conversational
- converse
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cop-out
- copout
- counterfeit
- cover
- cover story
- cover up
- cover-up
- coverup
- cozen
- cozening
- crack
- craft
- craftiness
- crap
- craziness
- create fiction
- crock
- crookedness
- crow
- cry
- cunning
- cut a rug
- debate
- deceit
- deceive
- deception
- decoy
- defense
- deflate
- defraud
- delude
- demotic
- deride
- device
- devil
- devise
- dialect
- dialectal
- diddle
- dirty dealing
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- dirty work
- disco
- discussion
- disguise
- dishonesty
- disinform
- dissemblance
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- distort
- disturb
- ditch
- Dixieland
- do
- do a number on
- do number on
- do out of
- dodge
- dodging
- dog
- double deal
- double-cross
- double-dealing
- double-talk
- drivel
- duck
- dupe
- duplicity
- elaborate explanation
- elude
- elusion
- embezzle
- empty talk
- encomium
- equivocate
- equivocating
- equivocation
- escape
- eschew
- eschewal
- eulogy
- evade
- evading
- evasion
- evasiveness
- everyday
- exaggerate
- exaggeration
- exchange
- exculpation
- excuse
- excusing
- exoneration
- expedient
- explaining
- expose
- expression
- extenuation
- exult
- eyewash
- fable
- fabricate
- facade
- fairy story
- fake
- fake out
- fakery
- fallacy
- false front
- falsehood
- falsify
- fancy footwork
- farce
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- fatuity
- fawning
- feign
- feint
- fence
- fib
- fiction
- figment
- fish
- fish story
- fix
- flapdoodle
- flatter oneself
- flattering
- flaunt
- fleece
- fleer
- flightiness
- flimflam
- flip-flop
- flit
- flitter
- flourish
- flout
- flummery
- foil
- folly
- fool
- foolery
- foolishness
- foot it
- forge
- forgery
- form
- foul play
- fox
- foxtrot
- fragment
- frame
- fraud
- frazzle
- frolic
- fudge
- fudging
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- fulsomeness
- fun
- funny
- fusion jazz
- futile talk
- gab
- gag
- gallantry
- gambol
- game
- garbage
- garble
- gasconade
- get down
- gibberish
- gibe
- giddiness
- gimmick
- gird
- give a good account of oneself
- give a hard time
- give run around
- give the run around
- gloat
- glory
- gnaw
- goad
- gobbledygook
- gossip
- grandstand
- grapevine
- gratification
- grounds
- gull
- gyp
- hanky-panky
- harass
- harry
- haze
- hearing
- hearsay
- hector
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hint
- hoax
- hoaxing
- hocus-pocus
- hogwash
- hokum
- hollow words
- honeyed words
- hoodwink
- hooey
- hoof it
- hop
- horse around
- hot air
- hot jazz
- hotdog
- hug oneself
- humbug
- humiliate
- hustle
- hypocrisy
- hypocritical respect
- hypocriticalness
- idiocy
- idiomatic
- idle talk
- illogicality
- illogicalness
- illude
- illusion
- imitation
- impersonate
- importune
- impose on
- impose upon
- impostor
- imposture
- improbability
- improvisational music
- imprudence
- inanity
- incense
- incongruity
- ingratiation
- innuendo
- insanity
- insincerity
- insinuation
- intercourse
- intorsion
- invent
- invention
- irrationality
- jabber
- jape
- jargon
- jaw
- jazz
- jeer
- jest
- jig
- jitter
- jitterbug
- jive
- joke
- jolly
- josh
- juggle
- juke
- jump
- justification
- kid
- kid around
- lampoon
- laud
- laugh
- laugh at
- lay claim
- lay on thick
- lead on
- lead up garden path
- leap
- let on
- lie
- line
- lingo
- lip
- lip devotion
- lip homage
- lip praise
- lip reverence
- lip worship
- ludicrousness
- madness
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughing-stock
- make believe
- make fun of
- make like
- make merry
- make out
- make up
- makeshift
- malarkey
- malconformation
- malformation
- malinger
- mare's-nest
- masquerade
- milk
- mimic
- mince words
- misguide
- misinterpretation
- mislead
- misrepresent
- misrepresentation
- misshape
- misspeak
- misstatement
- misuse
- mitigation
- mock
- mockery
- monologue
- mousetrap
- mouth
- mouth honor
- mouthing
- mumbo jumbo
- mush
- mutilation
- myth
- needle
- noise
- nonsense
- nudge
- number
- obliqueness
- obsequiousness
- observation
- off-time
- one-liner
- one-step
- opus
- outfox
- outwit
- palaver
- palter
- pan
- parley
- parody
- parry
- pass off
- pass oneself off as
- pass the buck
- pat oneself on the back
- patch
- patois
- persiflage
- perversion
- pester
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- phony up
- pick on
- piffle
- pilfer
- pillow talk
- pitch
- plague
- plant
- plaudits
- play
- play a trick on
- play for a fool
- play the clown
- play trick on
- play tricks
- play-act
- plea
- pleasantry
- poke fun
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- poppycock
- popular
- powwow
- prance
- prank
- prate
- prattle
- preen
- pretend
- pretense
- pretext
- pretty speech
- prevaricate
- prevarication
- profess
- promenade
- promote
- prose
- pseudo
- psych
- psych out
- puff
- puffery
- pull fast one
- pull one's leg
- pull wool over
- pun
- purport
- pussyfoot
- put down
- put on
- put one over on
- put up a front
- put-on
- questioning
- quibble
- quip
- quiz
- racket
- rag
- ragtime
- rail at
- raillery
- rally
- ranting
- rashness
- rationalization
- raz
- razz
- regrets
- rejoinder
- remark
- remnant
- repartee
- reply
- report
- response
- retort
- return
- revel
- rhumba
- rib
- rib-tickler
- ride
- ridicule
- ridiculousness
- rigmarole
- rip off
- rip-off
- ripoff
- roast
- rob
- rock
- rock n' roll
- rodomontade
- rook
- rot
- routine
- rubbish
- rumble
- rumor
- run around
- run down
- run-around
- ruse
- sales talk
- sally
- samba
- satirize
- scam
- scoff
- scold
- scorn
- scout
- scrap
- scrawl
- screw
- scribble
- scuttlebutt
- sell
- sellout
- semblance
- send up
- senselessness
- servility
- set up
- shady deal
- shaft
- sham
- sharp practice
- shell game
- shift
- shilly-shally
- shimmy
- shirking
- shoot
- shovel
- show off
- show up
- showboat
- shred
- shuck
- shuck and jive
- shuffle
- shuffling
- shunning
- sidestep
- silliness
- simulate
- sit on the fence
- skip
- slam
- slant
- sling
- slip
- small talk
- smoke
- smooth talk
- snap
- snare
- sneer
- snow
- snow job
- soft soap
- soft words
- soft-soap
- song
- song and dance
- sophism
- sophistry
- sound
- sound off
- speak with forked tongue
- speech
- spiel
- spin
- spoof
- sport
- stab in the back
- stall
- step
- stick
- sting
- stonewall
- stopgap
- story
- stratagem
- street
- stretch the truth
- string along
- stroke
- strut
- stultiloquence
- stunt
- stupidity
- substitute
- subterfuge
- suck in
- sucker
- sucker into
- swagger
- sway
- sweet talk
- swindle
- swing
- swipe at
- sycophancy
- take
- take for a ride
- take in
- take to the cleaner's
- takeoff
- talk
- talk big
- talkfest
- tall story
- tango
- tantalize
- tap
- tatter
- taunt
- tease
- tell a little white lie
- tell white lie
- temporize
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- tête-à-tête
- the business
- thoughtlessness
- throw
- toadyism
- token agreement
- tokenism
- tomfoolery
- tongue in cheek
- torment
- torture
- trap
- trash
- travesty
- treachery
- tread
- tribute
- trick
- trickery
- trickiness
- trifle
- trip
- trip the light fantastic
- tripe
- triumph
- truckling
- trump up
- twaddle
- twist
- twistedness
- twit
- two-step
- unctuousness
- unmask
- unreasonableness
- untruth
- useless words
- vapor
- vaunt
- ventilation
- vernacular
- vex
- victimize
- vindication
- visit
- waffle
- waltz
- warp
- weasel
- whirl
- whitewash
- why and wherefore
- wile
- wiliness
- wisecrack
- witticism
- work
- worry
- wrinkle
- wrong
- yak
- yarn
Définition of jive
Origin :- 1928, "to deceive playfully," also "empty, misleading talk" (n.) and "a style of fast, lively jazz and dance music," American English, from Black English, probably of African origin (cf. Wolof jev, jeu "talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner"). Related: Jived; jiving. Used from 1938 for "New York City African-American slang."
- As in colloquial : adj particular, familiar to an area, informal
- As in jazz : noun style of music
- As in jest : noun joke
- As in lip service : noun empty talk
- As in malarky : noun nonsense
- As in nonsense : noun craziness, ridiculousness
- As in patter : noun casual talk
- As in piffle : noun nonsense
- As in absurdity : noun ridiculous situation or behavior
- As in poppycock : noun nonsense
- As in rigmarole : noun nonsense
- As in sham : noun hoax, trick
- As in spiel : noun patter, sales pitch
- As in talk : noun gossip
- As in twaddle : noun nonsense
- As in song and dance : noun implausible story
- As in rag : noun annoy
- As in cheat : noun trick
- As in tommyrot : noun nonsense
- As in victimization : noun cheat
- As in conversation : noun dialogue, discourse
- As in dance : noun moving feet and body to music
- As in deception : noun trick
- As in defense : noun explanation, justification
- As in distortion : noun deformity; falsification
- As in evasion : noun escape, avoidance
- As in excuse : noun reason, explanation
- As in fabrication : noun lie
- As in flattery : noun false praise, compliments
- As in guile : noun slyness, cleverness
- As in jest : verb joke
- As in joke : verb kid, tease
- As in pretend : verb fake, falsify
- As in prevaricate : verb deceive; stretch the truth
- As in ridicule : verb make contemptuous fun of something or someone
- As in satirize : verb ridicule
- As in banter : verb tease
- As in tease : verb aggravate, provoke
- As in trick : verb fool; play joke on
- As in bluff : verb deceive
- As in boast : verb brag
- As in brag : verb talk boastingly
- As in josh : verb joke
- As in twit : verb ridicule
- As in defraud : verb cheat, bilk
- As in delude : verb deceive, fool
- As in equivocate : verb avoid an issue
- As in fabricate : verb falsify, make up a story
- As in fib : verb tell an undetailed lie
- As in fool : verb trick, mislead
- As in hedge : verb avoid, dodge
Antonyms for jive
- admire
- aid
- approve
- artlessness
- assist
- be honest
- be modest
- be quiet
- be sad
- be serious
- be truthful
- beauty
- belittlement
- betrayal
- blame
- break
- build up
- capitulation
- castigation
- charge
- clarity
- come clean
- commend
- common sense
- compliment
- conceal
- condemnation
- confront
- contribute
- correct
- criticism
- delight
- demolish
- denunciation
- deny
- deprecate
- desertion
- destroy
- directness
- disagreement
- encounter
- entertainment
- evidence
- face
- facing
- fact
- fail
- flatter
- flight
- formal
- forthrightness
- frankness
- free
- fun
- gift
- give
- help
- hide
- honesty
- honor
- indictment
- insult
- intelligence
- intelligibility
- judgment
- laud
- let go
- listening
- logic
- lose
- lot
- make happy
- meet
- meeting
- naivety
- non-fiction
- offense
- offer
- openness
- order
- original
- peace
- perfection
- permanent
- please
- possessions
- praise
- proof
- protect
- question
- quiet
- quietude
- reality
- reason
- reasonableness
- reassure
- receive
- refuse
- release
- repay
- request
- reveal
- ruin
- sense
- seriousness
- silence
- sincerity
- solemnity
- soothe
- speak on
- standard
- stilted
- support
- surrender
- take on
- tell truth
- thoughtfulness
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- understanding
- uprightness
- whole
- wisdom
- work
- wreck
- yielding
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