Synonyms for mummery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muhm-uh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌm ə ri |
Top 10 synonyms for mummery Other synonyms for the word mummery
- abracadabra
- artifice
- badinage
- banter
- bon mot
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- cant
- caper
- caprice
- carnival
- ceremoniousness
- chant
- charm
- cheating
- chestnut
- chicanery
- circus
- cloak
- clowning
- color
- conjuring
- conventionalism
- correctness
- costume
- costume ball
- cover
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- delusion
- derision
- dissimulation
- domino
- drollery
- epigram
- escapade
- facade
- festivity
- flimflam
- formalism
- fraud
- frolic
- front
- gambol
- game
- gibberish
- gobbledegook
- guise
- ha-ha
- hoax
- hocus
- honors
- hoodwinking
- horseplay
- humbug
- impersonation
- imposture
- incantation
- jape
- jargon
- jest
- jesting
- joke
- jollification
- jollity
- juggling
- kidding
- lark
- laughter
- legerdemain
- magic
- magic words
- Mardi Gras
- mask
- masked ball
- masking
- merriment
- mirth
- mischief
- mockery
- monkey business
- monkeyshine
- mumbo jumbo
- mummery
- mystification
- nonsense
- occultism
- open sesame
- p's and q's
- payof
- payoff
- personation
- play
- pleasantry
- politesse
- pose
- practical joke
- pretense
- propriety
- punctiliousness
- put-on
- quirk
- raillery
- repartee
- revel
- rib
- rigmarole
- sally
- saw
- scorn
- screen
- shaggy-dog story
- shenanigan
- show
- sleight of hand
- smoke and mirrors
- snow job
- spell
- sport
- spree
- stunt
- subterfuge
- swindle
- teasing
- tomfoolery
- trick
- trickery
- trifling
- vagary
- veil
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- witticism
- yarn
Définition of mummery
Origin :- 1520s, "performance of mumming," from Old French mommerie, from momer (see mummer). Transferred sense of "ridiculous ceremony or ritual" is from 1540s.
- As in joke : noun fun, quip
- As in masquerade : noun disguise; social occasion for disguises
- As in sport : noun fun, joking
- As in ha-ha : noun joke
- As in formality : noun etiquette, protocol
- As in hocus-pocus : noun sleight of hand
- But your hypocrisy and your mummery shall serve you to little purpose.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- That is as good as going to Church to be the central figures of the mummery of priests.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Even to keep an open mind himself to all the muss and mummery of the Church!
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- They too recognized him now, and realized that here was no mummery.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- It was all humbug––all this mummery about intuitions and unerring perception and inscrutability.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- These latter had, each of them, some mummery peculiar to himself.
- Extract from : « The History of the Caliph Vathek » by William Beckford
- All mummery was to be forbidden, and all monarchy to be called mummery.
- Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
- For the rest, if this mummery humbles Lord Warwick, gramercy!
- Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- What an exhibition of mummery it was in that time-begrimed temple!
- Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou
- Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.
- Extract from : « A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Antonyms for mummery
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