Synonyms for hokum
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hoh-kuh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊ kəm |
Top 10 synonyms for hokum Other synonyms for the word hokum
- absurdity
- adage
- adulation
- applause
- approbation
- artful deception
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- bathos
- beguilement
- blandishment
- blarney
- boiler
- boiler plate
- bonbon
- boondoggle
- bootlicking
- BS
- bull
- bunk
- buzzword
- cajolery
- cheat
- chestnut
- Choctaw
- circumvention
- cliché
- commendation
- commonplace
- confectionery
- confit
- corn
- cozenage
- craftiness
- crap
- cunning
- debris
- deceitfulness
- deceptiveness
- defraudation
- dirt
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- drivel
- dullsville
- dupery
- encomium
- equivocation
- eulogy
- evenness
- eyewash
- familiar tune
- fast one
- fawning
- flatness
- flattering
- flimflam
- flummery
- foolishness
- fraudulence
- fudge
- fulsomeness
- gallantry
- gibberish
- gobbledygook
- gratification
- Greek
- guile
- hackneyed saying
- high camp
- hogwash
- hokum
- honeyed words
- hooey
- horsefeathers
- imposition
- inanity
- incense
- ingratiation
- insincerity
- insipidity
- jawbreaker
- jive
- juggling
- laud
- legerdemain
- malarkey
- mendacity
- monotony
- motto
- mumbo jumbo
- mush
- nonsense
- obsequiousness
- old chestnut
- old saw
- old story
- palaver
- plate
- platitude
- plaudits
- poppycock
- potboiler
- pretense
- pretty speech
- prevarication
- prosaicism
- prosaism
- proverb
- puffery
- pulp
- refuse
- ridiculousness
- rot
- rubbish
- saw
- schmaltz
- servility
- shibboleth
- sleight of hand
- smoke
- snow
- snow job
- soft words
- soft-soap
- sophism
- stereotype
- stroke
- sweet
- sweet talk
- sweetmeat
- sycophancy
- tag
- toadyism
- trash
- treachery
- treason
- tribute
- trickery
- trickiness
- trite phrase
- trite remark
- triteness
- trivia
- triviality
- truckling
- truism
- trumpery
- twaddle
- unctuousness
- untruth
- vapidity
- verbiage
Définition of hokum
Origin :- 1917, theater slang, "melodramatic, exaggerated acting," probably formed on model of bunkum (see bunk (2)), and perhaps influenced by or based on hocus-pocus.
- As in platitude : noun dull, overused saying
- As in banality : noun common saying
- As in smoke and mirrors : noun conjuring trick
- As in double Dutch : noun incomprehensible talk or writing
- As in candy : noun confection
- As in applesauce : noun baloney
- As in sentimentality : noun extravagant in emotion
- As in deception : noun misleading; being dishonest
- As in flattery : noun false praise, compliments
- As in hogwash : noun nonsense
- Senator Gonzales was fond of the Society's crackpot receptionist, and he knew exactly what kind of hokum would please her most.
- Extract from : « Psichopath » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Ye see, Hokum he got thirty-seven cents' worth o' lemons and sperit.
- Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Antonyms for hokum
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