hoax

Other forms of hoax

plural

hoaxes·

past tense

hoaxed·

present participle

hoaxing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hoax

What does hoax mean?

hoax means "something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hoax?

hoax has 1 syllable: hoax. In IPA it is /ˈhoʊks/.

What is another word for hoax?

Close synonyms include fraud, fraudulence, dupery, humbug, put-on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hoax a common word?

hoax is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.