something intended to delude or deceive.

the quality of falseness or deception.

a person who is not what he or she claims or pretends to be; impostor.

something devoid of sense or meaning; nonsense

a humbug of technical jargon.

British . a variety of hard mint candy.

to impose upon by humbug or false pretense; delude; deceive.

to practice humbug.

nonsense!

noun

babble , balderdash * , baloney * , bs , bull * , bunk * , drivel , empty talk , gibberish , hogwash * , hooey , hot air * , poppycock * , pretense , rubbish , silliness , trash * , con * , con game * , deceit , fast one , flimflam * , fraud , gyp * , hustle , prank , put-on , scam , snow job * , spoof , sting , swindle , charlatan , faker , impostor , mountebank , phony , pretender , quack , balderdash , bamboozle , blague , bluff , bosh , bull , bunk , bunkum , cajolery , charlatanism , cheat , deceive , deceiver , deception , flam , flimflam , flummery , fudge , gammon , guff , gyp , hoax , hypocrisy , hypocrite , imposition , imposter , imposture , kid , malarkey , mislead , nonsense , phooey , pretension , quackery , rot , sham , trick

verb

beguile , betray , bluff , cozen , delude , double-cross , dupe , fool , hoodwink , mislead , take in , trick