Thesaurus / hocus
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synonyms for hocus
- abracadabra
- artifice
- cant
- chant
- charm
- cheating
- chicanery
- conjuring
- deceit
- deception
- delusion
- flimflam
- fraud
- gibberish
- hoax
- humbug
- imposture
- incantation
- jargon
- juggling
- legerdemain
- magic
- mummery
- mystification
- nonsense
- occultism
- rigmarole
- spell
- swindle
- trick
- trickery
- gobbledegook
- magic words
- monkey business
- mumbo jumbo
- open sesame
- sleight of hand
- smoke and mirrors
antonyms for hocus
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How to use hocus in a sentence
First negatively, it has not been done by any artificial means or legislative hocus-pocus (applause).
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND NATIONAL CONSERVATION CONGRESSVARIOUSIt is hocus-pocus, a sort of social magic formula like the "mutabor" in the Arabian Nights; it is an Aladdins-lamp philosophy.
THE BEHAVIOR OF CROWDSEVERETT DEAN MARTINHe complains that Gautier is lacking in a concern about supernatural hocus-pocus and that Flaubert is lacking.
INSTIGATIONSEZRA POUND"There's some hocus-pocus about this," whispered Trask, as he and Locke moved forward for a private talk.
ISLE O' DREAMSFREDERICK F. MOOREBut love was beginning its usual hocus-pocus with character and turning a tired business man into a restless swain.
THE CUP OF FURYRUPERT HUGHES"In respect to this hocus-pocus of yours, sir, with the laudanum and Mr. Franklin Blake," he began.
THE MOONSTONEWILKIE COLLINSHe shrieked: 'Hic hocus pocus,' parodying the 'Hoc corpus meum' of the Mass.
THE FIFTH QUEENFORD MADOX FORDIt would be a purely formal process—like renaming a "hocus-pocus" and calling it two "Abracadabras."
SOCIAL VALUEB. M. ANDERSONBy no trick of managers, no hocus-pocus of politicians, no "mush of concession," can we be released from this obedience.
CHARLES SUMNER; HIS COMPLETE WORKS, VOLUME III (OF 20)CHARLES SUMNERBy some hocus-pocus known to accomplished politicians, this city has had no Mayor since the 4th of June, 1867.
PUNCHINELLO, VOL. II., NO. 34, NOVEMBER 19, 1870VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO HOCUS
- abracadabra
- artifice
- cant
- chant
- charm
- cheating
- chicanery
- conjuring
- deceit
- deception
- delusion
- flimflam
- fraud
- gibberish
- gobbledegook
- hoax
- hocus
- humbug
- imposture
- incantation
- jargon
- juggling
- legerdemain
- magic
- magic words
- monkey business
- mumbo jumbo
- mummery
- mystification
- nonsense
- occultism
- open sesame
- rigmarole
- sleight of hand
- smoke and mirrors
- spell
- swindle
- trick
- trickery
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.