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Synonyms for jives
noun ridiculous situation or behavior

silliness
farce
craziness
folly
foolishness
insanity
idiocy

stupidity
bull
crap
illogicality
improbability
jazz
incongruity

illogicalness
applesauce
ridiculousness
irrationality
senselessness
inanity
hot air

ludicrousness
unreasonableness
BS
jive
flapdoodle

Antonyms for jives

wisdom
logic
judgment

seriousness
intelligence
reason

reasonableness
sense

Synonyms
verb tease

taunt
fool
rag
razz
joke

jeer
ridicule
josh
deride
chaff

satirize
jest
fun
rib
mock

kid
make fun of
jive

Antonyms

praise

flatter

be serious

Synonyms
verb deceive

pretend
delude
fool
lie
humbug
shuck
sham

feign
snow
trick
beguile
mislead
simulate
fake

affect
juggle
counterfeit
betray
defraud
con
double-cross

put on
take in
jive
bunco
fake out
illude
psych out

Antonyms

protect
come clean

support
reveal

tell truth
be honest

Synonyms
verb brag

advertise
shovel
crow
gasconade
flaunt
fake
bully
blow
swagger
prate
exult

sling
strut
grandstand
gloat
flourish
shuck
shoot
glory
exaggerate
preen
triumph

puff
vapor
bluster
aggrandize
con
show off
jive
cock-a-doodle-doo
showboat
attract attention
blow smoke

congratulate oneself
flatter oneself
give a good account of oneself
hug oneself
lay on thick
psych
sound off
talk big
blow one’s own horn

Antonyms

conceal
hide

deprecate
be sad

fail
be modest

Synonyms
verb talk boastingly

crow
gloat
boast
prate
exult

gasconade
grandstand
rodomontade
mouth
puff

swagger
bluster
shuck
vaunt
showboat

hotdog
jive
pat oneself on the back
blow one’s own horn

Antonyms

conceal
hide

deprecate
be quiet

be modest

Synonyms
noun trick

chicanery
scam
trickery
fraud
deception
swindle
frame
gyp
sting
hoax
racket
fake
sell

fix
baloney
rip-off
imposture
dodge
double-dealing
plant
whitewash
jazz
flimflam
wrong
deceit
stunt

spoof
hustle
humbug
artifice
put-on
sham
con
bill of goods
con game
dirty pool
hanky-panky
shell game
snow job

bunco
jive
hoaxing
cozening
bamboozlement
cover up
dirty trick
fast one
fast shuffle
run around
shady deal

Antonyms

honesty
truthfulness
reality

frankness
peace
truth

openness

Synonyms
noun dialogue, discourse

comment
conference
remark
observation
exchange
communication
discussion
visit
hearing

consultation
speech
chat
gossip
questioning
debate
talk
confab
repartee

confabulation
intercourse
parley
palaver
converse
powwow
colloquy
yak
communion

expression
gab
ventilation
jive
pillow talk
talkfest
tête-à-tête

Antonyms

quiet
silence

quietude
listening

disagreement

Synonyms
noun moving feet and body to music

disco
waltz
rock
tap
skip
jump
shimmy
trip
caper
jig
leap
hop
frolic

sway
cavort
hustle
whirl
strut
promenade
step
prance
spin
tread
twist
flit
careen

swing
bob
gambol
get down
samba
tango
rhumba
foxtrot
jitter
jitterbug
boogie
conga
jive

Charleston
one-step
two-step
boogie down
bunny hop
cut a rug
foot it
hoof it
trip the light fantastic
rock n’ roll

Synonyms
noun trick

lie
fraud
scam
illusion
ruse
hoax
trick
subterfuge
cover-up
stratagem
cheat
whitewash
sting

catch
sham
artifice
pretext
gimmick
story
decoy
fib
hustle
dodge
feint
bluff
device

snare
wrinkle
shuck
swindle
hogwash
crock
shift
ride
fallacy
stall
trap
malarkey
wile

imposture
con
bilk
con game
confidence game
snow job
jive
chicane
fast one
fast shuffle
mare’s-nest

Antonyms

honesty
reality
truthfulness

frankness
uprightness
truth

honor
openness
trustworthiness

Synonyms
noun explanation, justification

rejoinder
whitewash
argument
story
answer
reply
extenuation

return
exculpation
excuse
plea
vindication
response
exoneration

apology
retort
rationalization
apologia
fish story
song and dance
jive

cleanup
copout
apologetics
apologizing
excusing
explaining
off-time

Antonyms

request
indictment
desertion
surrender

capitulation
question
charge
flight

betrayal
yielding

Synonyms
verb cheat, bilk

fleece
victimize
rob
dupe
deceive
embezzle
con
circumvent
swindle

pilfer
hoax
clip
stick
do
burn
milk
foil
outwit

shaft
trick
beguile
take
cozen
shuck
bamboozle
delude
do out of

flimflam
rip off
take in
chouse
jive
do number on
pull fast one
sucker into
take to the cleaner’s

Antonyms

aid
assist
refuse
give
offer

help
receive
fail
lose
contribute

repay
support
be honest

Synonyms
verb deceive, fool

mislead
dupe
hoodwink
hoax
outfox
cheat
gull
snow

trick
beguile
betray
bluff
juggle
cozen
con
double-cross

string along
sucker
take in
misguide
jive
caboodle
disinform
do a number on

illude
impose on
lead up garden path
mousetrap
play trick on

Antonyms

be honest

be truthful

Synonyms
noun deformity; falsification

lie
exaggeration
misinterpretation
misstatement
bias
misuse
misrepresentation
story

coloring
crock
torture
perversion
buckle
jazz
slant
warp

contortion
twist
bend
smoke
baloney
line
crookedness
malformation

misshape
mutilation
BS
jive
intorsion
malconformation
tall story
twistedness

Antonyms

clarity

perfection

beauty

Synonyms
verb avoid an issue

pussyfoot
shuffle
fence
sidestep
waffle
elude
evade
escape
prevaricate
lie
fib

flip-flop
fudge
falsify
dodge
tergiversate
palter
parry
cavil
hedge
shuck
stonewall

quibble
eschew
con
blow hot and cold
cop out
double-talk
hem and haw
pass the buck
weasel
jive
cop a plea

beat around the bush
beg the question
cloud the issue
cover up
give run around
mince words
run around
sit on the fence
tell white lie
tergiverse

Antonyms

release
confront
face

meet
encounter
take on

tell truth
be honest
speak on

Synonyms
noun escape, avoidance

prevarication
slip
artifice
pretext
ditch
lie
trickery
routine
dodge
evasiveness

excuse
sophism
cunning
equivocation
shift
ruse
trick
stall
sophistry
quibble

subterfuge
circumvention
run-around
stonewall
dodging
shirking
shunning
shuffling
jive
obliqueness

elusion
cop-out
equivocating
eschewal
evading
fancy footwork
fudging
fugiviteness
fugivity

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
reality

openness
truth
directness

facing
meeting

Synonyms
noun reason, explanation

justification
alibi
apology
trick
rationalization
pretext
substitute
whitewash
disguise

defense
extenuation
story
stopgap
evasion
makeshift
mitigation
routine
semblance

song
plea
vindication
shift
cover
stall
subterfuge
expedient
grounds

fish story
song and dance
jive
regrets
cleanup
cop-out
cover story
coverup
why and wherefore

Antonyms

permanent

Synonyms
verb falsify, make up a story

concoct
contrive
invent
fake
misrepresent

fudge
counterfeit
lie
feign
form

devise
pretend
fib
forge
coin

prevaricate
trump up
jive
make like

Antonyms

demolish
destroy
ruin

wreck
tell truth
break

be honest

Synonyms
noun lie

falsehood
myth
fiction
forgery
untruth
deceit

hogwash
jazz
figment
concoction
work
yarn

fib
opus
fake
invention
smoke
fable

line
song and dance
artifact
jive
fairy story

Antonyms

reality
entertainment

fun
truth

non-fiction

Synonyms
verb tell an undetailed lie

plant
shovel
concoct
fabricate
equivocate

invent
falsify
palter
promote
prevaricate

make up
jive
create fiction
speak with forked tongue
stretch the truth

tell a little white lie
trump up

Antonyms

tell truth

be honest

Synonyms
noun false praise, compliments

approbation
stroke
plaudits
servility
snow
tribute
palaver
mush
commendation
eulogy
encomium

gallantry
applause
adulation
incense
puffery
smoke
blandishment
blarney
gratification
fawning
flattering

laud
snow job
sweet talk
fulsomeness
flummery
ingratiation
jive
sycophancy
eyewash
obsequiousness
hokum

cajolery
truckling
unctuousness
bootlicking
honeyed words
pretty speech
soft words
soft-soap
toadyism

Antonyms

belittlement
castigation
condemnation

denunciation
insult
criticism

blame
offense

Synonyms
verb trick, mislead

cheat
pretend
dupe
deceive
hoodwink
delude
trifle
flimflam

scam
diddle
gull
snow
hoax
outfox
bluff
spoof

con
bamboozle
kid
make believe
put on
take in
play-act
chicane

fox
juke
jive
fake out
lead on
play a trick on
put one over on
suck in

Antonyms

be honest

Synonyms
noun slyness, cleverness

trickery
chicanery
deception
duplicity
sellout
artfulness
ruse

treachery
deceit
craft
trickiness
artifice
craftiness
dishonesty

cunning
dirty pool
dirty work
double-cross
foul play
run-around
stab in the back

dissemblance
jive
dissimulation
wiliness
dirty dealing
dirty trick
sharp practice

Antonyms

honesty
truthfulness
frankness
uprightness

sincerity
forthrightness
honor
openness

trustworthiness
truth
artlessness
naivety

Synonyms
verb avoid, dodge

sidestep
fudge
waffle
pussyfoot
shuffle
temporize
equivocate
stonewall

tergiversate
evade
prevaricate
stall
flip-flop
quibble
duck
shuck

blow hot and cold
cop out
hem and haw
pass the buck
shilly-shally
jive
cop a plea
be noncommittal

beat around the bush
give the run around
run around
sit on the fence
tergiverse

Antonyms

confront
release

face
meet

Synonyms
noun style of music

bop
swing
blues

boogie
boogie-woogie
ragtime

Dixieland
jive
bebop

fusion jazz
hot jazz
improvisational music

Synonyms
noun joke

one-liner
hoax
gag
laugh
wisecrack
rib

pleasantry
prank
funny
sport
quip
jolly

crack
play
banter
game
witticism
spoof

sally
ridicule
fun
jive
bon mot
rib-tickler

Antonyms

work

Synonyms
verb joke

rag
gird
deride
rib
quip
josh
jolly

mock
fool
gibe
banter
needle
scoff
flout

chaff
sneer
spoof
kid
razz
tease
jeer

roast
fun
put on
jive

Antonyms

compliment
praise

flatter
commend

Synonyms
verb kid, tease

banter
quip
laugh
rag
pun
revel
deride
jest
wisecrack
rib

sport
jape
josh
jolly
frolic
mock
fool
play
roast
taunt

needle
spoof
chaff
ridicule
trick
deceive
fun
gambol
horse around
kid around

put on
jive
make merry
play the clown
play tricks
poke fun
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

compliment
praise

flatter
be serious

Synonyms
noun empty talk

duplicity
empty talk
hypocrisy
insincerity
lie
sham

sweet talk
hollow words
hypocritical respect
jive
lip devotion
lip homage

lip praise
lip reverence
lip worship
mouth honor
mouthing
smooth talk

token agreement
tokenism
tongue in cheek
unctuousness

Synonyms
noun nonsense

hogwash
bombast
silliness
babble
giddiness

bunk
baloney
foolishness
balderdash
drivel

poppycock
rubbish
bull
prattle
gibberish

trash
absurdity
hot air
jive

Antonyms

sense

truth

possessions

Synonyms
noun craziness, ridiculousness

madness
silliness
babble
joke
bunk
folly
stupidity
foolishness
drivel
rubbish
baloney
gibberish

trash
absurdity
bananas
balderdash
scrawl
jest
rot
rashness
irrationality
thoughtlessness
poppycock
palaver

bombast
claptrap
giddiness
jazz
imprudence
bull
pretense
prattle
scribble
hogwash
ranting
tripe

fatuity
hooey
senselessness
fun
flightiness
inanity
hot air
mumbo jumbo
soft soap
ludicrousness
jive

Antonyms

wisdom
clarity
common sense
sense

judgment
seriousness
possessions
truth

fact
intelligibility
understanding

Synonyms
noun casual talk

spiel
monologue
chatter
patois

dialect
argot
slant
cant

vernacular
pitch
prattle
line

jargon
jabber
lingo
jive

Antonyms

quiet

silence

standard

Synonyms
noun nonsense

hogwash
silliness
bunk
bull
hooey

foolishness
drivel
poppycock
rubbish
baloney

balderdash
prattle
gibberish
trash
palaver

empty talk
hot air
jive
futile talk
useless words

Antonyms

sense

truth

possessions

Synonyms
noun nonsense

hogwash
babble
bunk
bull
hooey
foolishness

drivel
balderdash
rubbish
baloney
malarkey
prattle

gibberish
trash
palaver
silliness
empty talk
hot air

mumbo jumbo
foolery
jive

Antonyms

sense

truth

possessions

Synonyms
verb fake, falsify

fool
feign
purport
assume
impersonate
bluff
profess
put on
claim
cheat
fish
whitewash

dupe
beguile
allege
counterfeit
fudge
sham
masquerade
sucker
jazz
malinger
dissemble
simulate

affect
hoodwink
delude
cozen
stonewall
mislead
deceive
act
dissimulate
let on
make out
pass off

jive
be deceitful
be hypocritical
claim falsely
fake out
lay claim
pass oneself off as
put up a front
shuck and jive

Antonyms

deny
reveal

tell truth
be honest

Synonyms
verb deceive; stretch the truth

cavil
shuffle
invent
misrepresent
lie
equivocate
fib

falsify
garble
dodge
tergiversate
distort
palter
hedge

exaggerate
fabricate
shift
evade
belie
quibble
con

put on
misspeak
jive
beat around the bush
beg the question
phony up

Antonyms

confront
order

tell truth
face

meet
be honest

Synonyms
verb make contemptuous fun of something or someone

taunt
scoff
lampoon
deride
scorn
mock
humiliate
rag
twit
takeoff
rally
quiz
rib

caricature
jape
josh
jolly
haze
travesty
pooh-pooh
expose
pan
gibe
needle
banter
unmask

deflate
sneer
cartoon
kid
chaff
jeer
mimic
satirize
roast
fleer
ride
parody
laugh at

make fun of
put down
run down
show up
jive
make a fool of
make a game of
make a laughing-stock
poke fun at
rail at
raz
send up
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

compliment
praise

approve
flatter

be serious

Synonyms
noun nonsense

hogwash
blather
jargon
madness
gobbledygook
babble

bunk
bull
foolishness
drivel
poppycock
rubbish

baloney
balderdash
prattle
gibberish
trash
palaver

senselessness
silliness
hot air
mumbo jumbo
jive

Antonyms

sense

truth

possessions

Synonyms
verb ridicule

lampoon
spoof
mock
parody
caricature
jeer
ride
needle

josh
haze
cartoon
burlesque
mimic
deride
roast
humiliate

rib
banter
pan
kid
jape
laugh at
make fun of
jive

caricaturize
make a fool of
poke fun at
raz
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

praise

Synonyms
noun hoax, trick

fraud
farce
mockery
hypocrisy
whitewash
forgery
travesty
pretend
cheat
cant

imitation
fake
facade
pretext
counterfeit
sell
caricature
deception
mock
imposture

feint
flimflam
burlesque
deceit
spoof
pretense
cover-up
impostor
pseudo
smoke

put-on
false front
snow job
pharisaism
phoniness
fakery
jive
hypocriticalness

Antonyms

honesty
solemnity
reality
frankness

truthfulness
uprightness
seriousness
original

truth
openness

Synonyms
noun patter, sales pitch

song and dance
jabber

line
chatter

pitch
empty talk

jive
sales talk

Synonyms
noun gossip

report
conversation
rumor
allusion
hearsay
nonsense
racket
cant
bombast
chat
prose

rot
persiflage
hint
grapevine
jaw
bunk
lip
raillery
trash
palaver
blather

insinuation
noise
chitchat
banter
rumble
rubbish
chatter
gab
badinage
innuendo
cry

yarn
scuttlebutt
buzz
hot air
small talk
jive
idle talk
tête-à-tête

Antonyms

quiet
silence
reality

evidence
proof
truth

sense
possessions
listening

Synonyms
verb aggravate, provoke

annoy
ridicule
nudge
pick on
tantalize
taunt
bother
needle
harass
torment
pester
mock

badger
rag
bait
beleaguer
importune
slam
rally
rib
worry
devil
josh
goad

vex
hector
snap
sound
gibe
banter
gnaw
plague
chaff
spoof
bedevil
disturb

razz
ride
dog
roast
harry
put down
jive
be at
give a hard time
lead on
send up
swipe at

Antonyms

aid
praise
delight
reassure

assist
soothe
quiet
make happy

please
flatter
help
free

Synonyms
verb fool; play joke on

mislead
victimize
cheat
swindle
con
dupe
bamboozle
deceive

hoodwink
defraud
delude
flimflam
rook
screw
gull
hoax

outwit
hocus-pocus
trap
fake
catch
throw
set up
take in

jive
disinform
double deal
impose upon
play for a fool
pull wool over
put one over on
take for a ride

Antonyms

protect
release

help
let go

be honest
be serious

Synonyms
noun nonsense

hogwash
tripe
crap
silliness
babble
palaver
bunk

bull
hooey
foolishness
drivel
balderdash
poppycock
rubbish

baloney
prattle
gibberish
trash
chatter
hot air
mumbo jumbo

BS
jive
idle talk
stultiloquence

Antonyms

sense

truth

possessions

Synonyms
noun annoy

needle
flitter
razz
tease
fragment

josh
banter
scold
remnant
patch

harass
shred
joke
frazzle
rib

scrap
mock
kid
tatter
jive

Antonyms

whole

lot

Synonyms
verb joke

razz
tease
banter

needle
jest
spoof

rib
kid
jape

jive

Synonyms
noun implausible story

bill of goods
bull
con

line
number
scam

snow job
story
elaborate explanation

jive
ripoff
the business

Synonyms
noun nonsense

folly
madness
garbage
balderdash
scrawl
piffle
jest
twaddle
bananas
tomfoolery
absurdity
irrationality
thoughtlessness
poppycock

baloney
palaver
rashness
blather
bombast
claptrap
babble
giddiness
jazz
imprudence
idiocy
drivel
bull
scribble

prattle
pretense
hogwash
ranting
silliness
tripe
fatuity
hooey
foolishness
senselessness
rigmarole
fun
gibberish
flightiness

inanity
hot air
ludicrousness
mumbo jumbo
soft soap
rubbish
rot
bunk
stupidity
jive
trash
bunkum
joke

Antonyms

wisdom
thoughtfulness
judgment

seriousness
possessions
sense

truth
intelligence

Synonyms
verb ridicule

rag
laugh
deride
jest
takeoff
rally
jolly
rib
caricature
jape
josh
quiz
lampoon
haze

travesty
pan
scorn
humiliate
pooh-pooh
banter
mock
gibe
needle
taunt
expose
unmask
scoff
deflate

scout
sneer
cartoon
kid
chaff
ride
mimic
satirize
roast
fleer
jeer
parody
laugh at
make fun of

put down
run down
show up
jive
make a fool of
make a game of
make a laughing-stock
poke fun at
rail at
raz
send up
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

compliment
praise
admire

build up
laud
commend

flatter
approve
be serious

Synonyms
noun cheat

deception
scam
frame
artifice
sting
hoax
racket
sham
fake
sell
trickery
fix
baloney

rip-off
imposture
dodge
double-dealing
plant
whitewash
jazz
flimflam
wrong
chicanery
gyp
deceit
stunt

spoof
swindle
humbug
fraud
put-on
hustle
con
bill of goods
con game
dirty pool
hanky-panky
shell game
snow job

bunco
jive
bamboozlement
cover up
cozening
dirty trick
fast one
fast shuffle
hoaxing
run around
shady deal

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
reality

truthfulness
openness
peace

gift
truth
forthrightness