All smoke and mirrors synonyms
smoke and mirrors
S s noun smoke and mirrors
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- gobbledegook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
- hocus — to play a trick on; hoax; cheat.
- hocus-pocus — a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
- ambidextrousness — The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
- deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- dirty pool — unethical, unfair, or unsportsmanlike conduct.
- flimflam — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
- hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- dirty trick — act: unfair, dishonest
- mummery — the performance of mummers.
- jugglery — the art or practice of a juggler, especially sleight of hand.
- magic word — Any word that has a magical effect when uttered.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- fraudulence — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- conjuration — a magic spell; incantation
- occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.