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synonyms for flim-flam

  • burlesque
  • caricature
  • parody
  • prank
  • satire
  • bluff
  • cheat
  • deceit
  • deception
  • fake
  • game
  • hoax
  • imposture
  • jest
  • joke
  • lampoon
  • phony
  • put on
  • quip
  • sell
  • sham
  • travesty
  • trickery
  • wisecrack
  • bon mot
  • send-up
  • takeoff
On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flim-flam, such as: burlesque, caricature, parody, prank, satire, and bluff.

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What is another word for flim-flam?

A flim-flam (sometimes spelled flimflam) is a trick or a deception, especially one using skillful persuasion or clever manipulation to swindle someone out of something (usually money).

In other words, flim-flam is a slang term for a confidence trick, more popularly known as a con or a scam.

Like the words con and scam, flim-flam can also be used as a verb, meaning to swindle or cheat. Similar words are dupe and fleece.

As a noun, flim-flam can also mean a piece of nonsense. Similar words are balderdash, baloney, bosh, bunk, bunkum, codswallop, drivel, hogwash, hokum, hooey, poppycock, rubbish, tommyrot, and twaddle.

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antonyms for flim-flam

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  • frankness
  • honesty
  • openness
  • reality
  • truth
  • truthfulness
  • uprightness
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WORDS RELATED TO FLIM-FLAM

  • amphiboly
  • balderdash
  • baloney
  • bull
  • drivel
  • equivocation
  • flim-flam
  • gibberish
  • jazz
  • mumbo jumbo
  • rigmarole
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