What is "hokum" in English? Definition and Explanations
What does hokum mean in English? Meaning of hokum definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "hokum" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "hokum": a message that seems to convey no meaning
Noun
Synonyms:
platitude, plate, trivia, truism, triviality, adage, buzzword, saw, cliché, dullsville, chestnut, corn, boiler, familiar tune, high camp, old chestnut, old saw, prosaicism, prosaism, trite phrase, sweet, bonbon, confectionery, jawbreaker, sweetmeat, confit, falsehood, fraud, trickery, duplicity, hypocrisy, betrayal, untruth, deceit, mendacity, treachery, lying, cheat, double-dealing, imposition, trickiness, prevarication, dirt, insincerity, sophism, craftiness, pretense, cunning, flimflam, equivocation, guile, trumpery, circumvention, legerdemain, treason, blarney, deceitfulness, juggling, snow job, disinformation, boondoggle, deceptiveness, dupery, dissimulation, beguilement, cozenage, fraudulence, defraudation, fast one, 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, cajolery, truckling, unctuousness, bootlicking, honeyed words, pretty speech, soft words, soft-soap, toadyism, refuse, absurdity, bunk, baloney, hooey, foolishness, drivel, debris, rubbish, bull, balderdash, ridiculousness, trash, rot, twaddle, poppycock, BS, horsefeathers, banality, bromide, stereotype, tag, flatness, shibboleth, saw, truism, triviality, evenness, vapidity, buzzword, commonplace, monotony, proverb, motto, verbiage, inanity, insipidity, cliché, triteness, chestnut, corn, potboiler, boiler plate, familiar tune, hackneyed saying, high camp, old chestnut, old story, prosaicism, trite remark, hogwash, bunk, hooey, nonsense, rubbish, malarkey, fudge, pulp, poppycock, flimflam, legerdemain, sleight of hand, snow job, crap, artful deception, schmaltz, bathos, babble, baloney, gibberish, gobbledygook, hogwash, malarkey, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, rubbish, hooey, Choctaw, Greek,
Antonyms:
nuance, coinage, original saying, honesty, sincerity, faithfulness, loyalty, frankness, truthfulness, uprightness, truth, forthrightness, openness, honor, trustworthiness, belittlement, castigation, condemnation, denunciation, insult, criticism, blame, offense, assets, possessions, property, sense, truth, nuance, coinage, sense, truth,
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