hoaxer

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noun

Someone who perpetrates hoaxes.

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Meanings

nounhoaxer (plural hoaxers)

plural hoaxers

  1. Someone who perpetrates hoaxes.

    Synonyms: hoaxster

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who perpetrates hoaxes.

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hoaxster

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who plays practical jokes on others

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prankstercut-uptrickstertrickerpractical joker
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practical jokerprankstertrickertrickster

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hoax + -er.

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Translations

Japanese ペテン師
  • ペテン師 (peten-shi)someone who perpetrates hoaxes
Polish mistyfikator, mistyfikatorka
  • mistyfikatorsomeone who perpetrates hoaxes
  • mistyfikatorkasomeone who perpetrates hoaxes
Cite this entry
APA

hoaxer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoaxer

MLA

“hoaxer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoaxer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoaxer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoaxer.

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