hoaxer

Questions about hoaxer

What does hoaxer mean?

hoaxer means "someone who plays practical jokes on others".

How many syllables are in hoaxer?

hoaxer has 3 syllables: ho-ax-er. The stress falls on "ho".

What is another word for hoaxer?

Close synonyms include prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, practical joker. 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 hoaxer a common word?

hoaxer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.