Thesaurus / jive
FEEDBACK- as incolloquial
- as inabsurdity
- as incheat
- as inconversation
- as indance
- as indeception
- as indefense
- as indistortion
- as inevasion
- as inexcuse
- as infabrication
- as inflattery
- as inguile
- as injazz
- as injest
- as inlip service
- as inmalarky
- as innonsense
- as inpatter
- as inpiffle
- as inpoppycock
- as inrigmarole
- as insham
- as insong and dance
- as inspiel
- as intalk
- as intommyrot
- as intwaddle
- as invictimization
- as inbanter
- as inbluff
- as inboast
- as inbrag
- as indefraud
- as indelude
- as inequivocate
- as infabricate
- as infib
- as infool
- as inhedge
- as injest
- as injoke
- as injosh
- as inpretend
- as inprevaricate
- as inridicule
- as insatirize
- as intease
- as intrick
- as intwit
synonyms for jive
synonyms for jive
- craziness
- farce
- folly
- foolishness
- idiocy
- insanity
- silliness
- stupidity
- applesauce
- illogicality
- illogicalness
- improbability
- inanity
- incongruity
- irrationality
- jazz
- ridiculousness
- senselessness
- flapdoodle
- ludicrousness
- unreasonableness
- chicanery
- deception
- fraud
- scam
- swindle
- trickery
- artifice
- baloney
- bunco
- con
- cozening
- deceit
- dodge
- double-dealing
- fake
- fix
- flimflam
- frame
- gyp
- hoax
- hoaxing
- humbug
- hustle
- imposture
- jazz
- plant
- put on
- racket
- ripoff
- sell
- sham
- spoof
- sting
- stunt
- whitewash
- wrong
- bamboozlement
- bill of goods
- con game
- cover up
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- hanky-panky
- run around
- shady deal
- shell game
- snow job
- chat
- comment
- communication
- conference
- consultation
- debate
- discussion
- exchange
- gossip
- hearing
- observation
- questioning
- remark
- speech
- talk
- visit
- colloquy
- communion
- confab
- confabulation
- converse
- expression
- gab
- intercourse
- palaver
- parley
- repartee
- ventilation
- yak
- pillow talk
- talkfest
- tête-à-tête
- disco
- samba
- tango
- waltz
- boogie
- Charleston
- conga
- foxtrot
- frolic
- hop
- hustle
- jig
- jitter
- jitterbug
- jump
- leap
- one-step
- promenade
- rhumba
- spin
- step
- swing
- tap
- twist
- two-step
- boogie down
- bunny hop
- cut a rug
- foot it
- get down
- rock n' roll
- trip the light fantastic
- cover-up
- fraud
- hoax
- illusion
- lie
- ruse
- scam
- subterfuge
- trick
- bluff
- boondoggle
- catch
- cheat
- chicane
- con
- decoy
- device
- dodge
- fallacy
- feint
- fib
- gimmick
- hogwash
- hustle
- imposture
- malarkey
- pretext
- ride
- sham
- shift
- shuck
- snare
- stall
- sting
- story
- stratagem
- swindle
- trap
- whitewash
- wile
- wrinkle
- bilk
- confidence game
- con game
- crock
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- mare's-nest
- snow job
- answer
- apologetics
- apologia
- apology
- argument
- cleanup
- cop-out
- exculpation
- excuse
- exoneration
- extenuation
- plea
- rationalization
- rejoinder
- reply
- response
- retort
- return
- story
- vindication
- whitewash
- apologizing
- excusing
- explaining
- fish story
- off-time
- song and dance
- bias
- exaggeration
- lie
- misinterpretation
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- misuse
- baloney
- bend
- BS
- buckle
- coloring
- contortion
- crock
- crookedness
- jazz
- line
- malformation
- mutilation
- perversion
- slant
- smoke
- story
- torture
- twist
- warp
- intorsion
- malconformation
- misshape
- tall story
- twistedness
- dodging
- artifice
- circumvention
- cunning
- ditch
- dodge
- elusion
- equivocation
- evasiveness
- excuse
- lie
- obliqueness
- pretext
- prevarication
- quibble
- routine
- ruse
- shift
- shirking
- shuffling
- shunning
- slip
- sophism
- sophistry
- stall
- subterfuge
- trick
- trickery
- come-off
- cop-out
- equivocating
- eschewal
- evading
- fancy footwork
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- runaround
- stonewall
- alibi
- apology
- justification
- pretext
- rationalization
- substitute
- trick
- cleanup
- cover
- defense
- disguise
- evasion
- expedient
- extenuation
- grounds
- makeshift
- mitigation
- plea
- regrets
- routine
- semblance
- shift
- song
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- subterfuge
- vindication
- whitewash
- come-off
- cop-out
- cover story
- coverup
- fish story
- song and dance
- why and wherefore
- deceit
- falsehood
- fiction
- forgery
- myth
- untruth
- artifact
- concoction
- fable
- fake
- fib
- figment
- hogwash
- invention
- jazz
- line
- opus
- smoke
- work
- yarn
- fairy story
- song and dance
- adulation
- applause
- approbation
- blandishment
- blarney
- cajolery
- commendation
- encomium
- eulogy
- eyewash
- flummery
- fulsomeness
- gallantry
- hokum
- ingratiation
- mush
- obsequiousness
- palaver
- plaudits
- puffery
- snow
- stroking
- sycophancy
- tribute
- unctuousness
- bootlicking
- fawning
- flattering
- honeyed words
- laud
- pretty speech
- snow job
- soft-soap
- soft words
- sweet-talk
- toadyism
- trickery
- artfulness
- artifice
- chicanery
- craft
- craftiness
- cunning
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- dissimulation
- duplicity
- ruse
- sellout
- treachery
- trickiness
- wiliness
- dirty dealing
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- dirty work
- dissemblance
- double-cross
- foul play
- runaround
- sharp practice
- stab in the back
- bebop
- blues
- boogie
- boogie-woogie
- bop
- Dixieland
- ragtime
- swing
- fusion jazz
- hot jazz
- improvisational music
- banter
- crack
- fun
- funny
- gag
- game
- hoax
- laugh
- one-liner
- play
- pleasantry
- prank
- quip
- ridicule
- sally
- spoof
- sport
- wisecrack
- witticism
- bon mot
- jolly
- rib-tickler
- duplicity
- empty talk
- hollow words
- hypocrisy
- hypocritical respect
- insincerity
- lie
- lip devotion
- lip homage
- lip praise
- lip reverence
- lip worship
- mouth honor
- mouthing
- sham
- smooth talk
- sweet-talk
- token agreement
- tokenism
- unctuousness
- absurdity
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- bombast
- bull
- bunk
- drivel
- foolishness
- gibberish
- giddiness
- hogwash
- poppycock
- prattle
- rubbish
- silliness
- trash
- hot air
- absurdity
- babble
- baloney
- bunk
- craziness
- drivel
- folly
- foolishness
- gibberish
- madness
- rubbish
- silliness
- stupidity
- trash
- balderdash
- bull
- claptrap
- fatuity
- flightiness
- fun
- garbage
- hogwash
- hooey
- inanity
- irrationality
- jazz
- palaver
- poppycock
- prattle
- ranting
- rashness
- rot
- senselessness
- tripe
- hot air
- ludicrousness
- mumbo jumbo
- chatter
- monologue
- spiel
- argot
- cant
- dialect
- jabber
- jargon
- line
- lingo
- patois
- pitch
- prattle
- slant
- vernacular
- balderdash
- baloney
- bull
- bunk
- drivel
- foolishness
- gibberish
- hogwash
- hooey
- palaver
- poppycock
- prattle
- rubbish
- silliness
- trash
- empty talk
- futile talk
- hot air
- useless words
- nonsense
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- bull
- bunk
- drivel
- foolery
- foolishness
- garbage
- gibberish
- hogwash
- hooey
- malarkey
- palaver
- prattle
- rubbish
- silliness
- trash
- empty talk
- hot air
- mumbo jumbo
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- blather
- bull
- bunk
- drivel
- foolishness
- gibberish
- gobbledygook
- hogwash
- jargon
- madness
- palaver
- poppycock
- prattle
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- trash
- hot air
- mumbo jumbo
- farce
- forgery
- fraud
- hypocrisy
- mockery
- travesty
- burlesque
- cant
- caricature
- cheat
- counterfeit
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- facade
- fake
- fakery
- feint
- flimflam
- imitation
- impostor
- imposture
- pretense
- pretext
- put on
- sell
- smoke
- spoof
- false front
- hypocriticalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- snow job
- conversation
- report
- rumor
- allusion
- badinage
- banter
- blather
- bombast
- bunk
- buzz
- cant
- chat
- chatter
- chitchat
- cry
- gab
- grapevine
- hearsay
- hint
- innuendo
- insinuation
- jaw
- lip
- noise
- nonsense
- palaver
- persiflage
- prose
- racket
- raillery
- rot
- rubbish
- rumble
- scuttlebutt
- trash
- yarn
- hot air
- idle talk
- small talk
- tête-à-tête
- absurdity
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- bananas
- blather
- bombast
- bull
- bunk
- bunkum
- claptrap
- drivel
- fatuity
- folly
- foolishness
- garbage
- gibberish
- hogwash
- hooey
- idiocy
- imprudence
- inanity
- irrationality
- jazz
- madness
- palaver
- piffle
- poppycock
- prattle
- ranting
- rashness
- rigmarole
- rot
- rubbish
- scrawl
- scribble
- senselessness
- silliness
- stupidity
- thoughtlessness
- tomfoolery
- trash
- tripe
- twaddle
- hot air
- ludicrousness
- mumbo jumbo
- soft soap
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- BS
- bull
- bunk
- chatter
- crap
- drivel
- foolishness
- gibberish
- hogwash
- hooey
- palaver
- poppycock
- prattle
- rubbish
- silliness
- trash
- tripe
- hot air
- idle talk
- mumbo jumbo
- stultiloquence
- deception
- artifice
- baloney
- bunco
- chicanery
- con
- deceit
- dodge
- double-dealing
- fake
- fix
- flimflam
- fraud
- gyp
- hoax
- humbug
- hustle
- imposture
- jazz
- put on
- racket
- ripoff
- scam
- sham
- spoof
- sting
- stunt
- swindle
- trickery
- whitewash
- bamboozlement
- bill of goods
- con game
- cozening
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- hanky-panky
- hoaxing
- run around
- shady deal
- shell game
- snow job
- delude
- pretend
- affect
- beguile
- betray
- bunco
- con
- counterfeit
- defraud
- fake
- feign
- fool
- humbug
- juggle
- lie
- mislead
- sham
- shuck
- simulate
- snow
- trick
- double-cross
- fake out
- illude
- psych out
- put on
- take in
- advertise
- aggrandize
- blow
- bluster
- bully
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- con
- crow
- exaggerate
- exult
- fake
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- gloat
- glory
- grandstand
- prate
- preen
- puff
- shoot
- shovel
- showboat
- shuck
- sling
- strut
- swagger
- triumph
- vapor
- attract attention
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- congratulate oneself
- flatter oneself
- give a good account of oneself
- hug oneself
- lay on thick
- psych
- show off
- sound off
- talk big
- boast
- crow
- gloat
- bluster
- exult
- gasconade
- grandstand
- hot-dog
- mouth
- prate
- puff
- rodomontade
- showboat
- shuck
- swagger
- vaunt
- blow one's own horn
- pat oneself on the back
- circumvent
- con
- deceive
- dupe
- embezzle
- fleece
- rob
- swindle
- victimize
- bamboozle
- beguile
- burn
- chouse
- clip
- cozen
- delude
- do
- foil
- hoax
- milk
- outwit
- pilfer
- shaft
- shuck
- stick
- take
- trick
- do number on
- do out of
- flimflam
- pull fast one
- rip off
- sucker into
- take in
- take to the cleaners
- dupe
- hoodwink
- misguide
- mislead
- beguile
- betray
- bluff
- cheat
- con
- cozen
- gull
- hoax
- juggle
- outfox
- snow
- trick
- caboodle
- disinform
- do a number on
- double-cross
- illude
- impose on
- lead up garden path
- mousetrap
- play trick on
- string along
- sucker
- take in
- cavil
- dodge
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fudge
- hedge
- lie
- palter
- parry
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- stonewall
- tergiversate
- waffle
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cloud the issue
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- double-talk
- give the runaround
- hem and haw
- mince words
- pass the buck
- run around
- sit on the fence
- tell white lie
- tergiverse
- weasel
- concoct
- contrive
- counterfeit
- fake
- fudge
- invent
- misrepresent
- trump up
- coin
- devise
- feign
- fib
- forge
- form
- lie
- pretend
- prevaricate
- make like
- concoct
- equivocate
- fabricate
- falsify
- invent
- palter
- plant
- prevaricate
- promote
- shovel
- create fiction
- make up
- speak with forked tongue
- stretch the truth
- tell a little white lie
- trump up
- cheat
- deceive
- delude
- dupe
- hoodwink
- pretend
- bamboozle
- bluff
- chicane
- con
- diddle
- flimflam
- fox
- gull
- hoax
- juke
- kid
- outfox
- scam
- snow
- spoof
- trifle
- fake out
- lead on
- make believe
- play-act
- play a trick on
- put on
- put one over on
- suck in
- take in
- fudge
- sidestep
- waffle
- duck
- equivocate
- evade
- flip-flop
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- shuck
- shuffle
- stall
- stonewall
- temporize
- tergiversate
- beat around the bush
- be noncommittal
- blow hot and cold
- cop a plea
- cop out
- give the runaround
- hem and haw
- pass the buck
- run around
- shilly-shally
- sit on the fence
- tergiverse
- banter
- chaff
- deride
- flout
- fool
- fun
- gibe
- gird
- jeer
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- mock
- needle
- quip
- rag
- razz
- rib
- roast
- scoff
- sneer
- spoof
- tease
- put on
- banter
- laugh
- quip
- chaff
- deceive
- deride
- fool
- frolic
- fun
- gambol
- jape
- jest
- jolly
- josh
- mock
- needle
- play
- revel
- rib
- ridicule
- roast
- spoof
- sport
- taunt
- trick
- wisecrack
- horse around
- kid around
- make merry
- play the clown
- play tricks
- poke fun
- pull one's leg
- put on
- assume
- bluff
- feign
- fool
- impersonate
- profess
- purport
- put on
- act
- affect
- allege
- beguile
- cheat
- claim
- counterfeit
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- dupe
- fish
- fudge
- hoodwink
- jazz
- malinger
- masquerade
- mislead
- sham
- simulate
- stonewall
- sucker
- whitewash
- be deceitful
- be hypocritical
- claim falsely
- fake out
- lay claim
- let on
- make out
- pass off
- pass oneself off as
- put up a front
- shuck and jive
- belie
- cavil
- con
- distort
- dodge
- equivocate
- evade
- exaggerate
- fabricate
- falsify
- fib
- garble
- hedge
- invent
- lie
- misrepresent
- misspeak
- palter
- quibble
- shift
- shuffle
- tergiversate
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- phony up
- put on
- deride
- humiliate
- lampoon
- mock
- scoff
- scorn
- taunt
- banter
- caricature
- cartoon
- chaff
- deflate
- expose
- fleer
- gibe
- haze
- jape
- jeer
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- mimic
- needle
- parody
- pooh-pooh
- quiz
- rag
- rally
- rib
- ride
- roast
- satirize
- sneer
- takeoff
- travesty
- twit
- unmask
- laugh at
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughingstock
- make fun of
- poke fun at
- pull one's leg
- put down
- rail at
- razz
- run down
- send up
- show up
- lampoon
- mock
- parody
- spoof
- banter
- burlesque
- caricature
- cartoon
- deride
- haze
- humiliate
- jeer
- josh
- kid
- mimic
- needle
- pan
- rib
- ride
- roast
- caricaturize
- jape
- laugh at
- make a fool of
- make fun of
- poke fun at
- pull one's leg
- razz
- annoy
- badger
- bother
- harass
- mock
- needle
- nudge
- pester
- pick on
- ridicule
- tantalize
- taunt
- torment
- bait
- banter
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- chaff
- devil
- disturb
- dog
- gibe
- gnaw
- goad
- harry
- hector
- importune
- josh
- plague
- rag
- rally
- razz
- rib
- ride
- roast
- slam
- snap
- sound
- spoof
- vex
- worry
- be at
- give a hard time
- lead on
- put down
- send up
- swipe at
- bamboozle
- cheat
- con
- deceive
- defraud
- delude
- dupe
- hoodwink
- mislead
- swindle
- victimize
- catch
- fake
- flimflam
- gull
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- outwit
- rook
- trap
- disinform
- double-deal
- impose upon
- play for a fool
- pull wool over
- put one over on
- set up
- take for a ride
- take in
- banter
- caricature
- cartoon
- chaff
- deride
- expose
- fleer
- gibe
- haze
- humiliate
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- lampoon
- laugh at
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- pan
- parody
- pooh-pooh
- quiz
- rag
- rally
- rib
- ride
- roast
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- sneer
- take off
- taunt
- travesty
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughingstock
- make fun of
- poke fun at
- pull one's leg
- put down
- rail at
- razz
- run down
- send up
- show up
- forthrightness
- frankness
- honesty
- honor
- openness
- sincerity
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
- artlessness
- naïveté
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How to use jive in a sentence
Melora Hardin, of The Office and Transparent fame, did a jive to the song “Hound Dog” inspired by Stephen King’s Cujo.
WAIT… IS ‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’ ACTUALLY HIGH ART?KEVIN FALLONOCTOBER 29, 2021THE DAILY BEASTThat jives with some more recent guidance from the ACSM that suggests progressing the amount of weight you lift so that it feels like a difficulty of about 8 out of 10.
TO STRENGTH TRAIN RIGHT, TRUST YOUR FEELINGSALEX HUTCHINSONOCTOBER 27, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEMore weakly fused participants were, perhaps unsurprisingly, much less biased, deleting about 0 to 9 percent of comments that didn’t jive with their views.
THE ANONYMOUS CULTURE COPS OF THE INTERNET - FACTS SO ROMANTICJESSE SINGALAUGUST 12, 2020NAUTILUSWORDS RELATED TO JIVE
- advertise
- aggrandize
- attract attention
- blow
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bluster
- bully
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- con
- congratulate oneself
- crow
- exaggerate
- exult
- fake
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- grandstand
- hug oneself
- jive
- lay on thick
- prate
- preen
- psych
- puff
- shoot
- shovel
- show off
- showboat
- shuck
- sling
- sound off
- strut
- swagger
- talk big
- triumph
- vapor
- advertised
- aggrandized
- attracted attention
- blew
- blew one's own horn
- blew smoke
- blustered
- bullied
- cock-a-doodle-dooed
- congratulated oneself
- conned
- crowed
- exaggerated
- exulted
- faked
- flatter oneself
- flaunted
- flourished
- gasconaded
- gave a good account of oneself
- gloated
- gloried
- grandstanded
- hugged oneself
- jived
- lay on thick
- prated
- preened
- psyched
- puffed
- shot
- shoveled
- showboated
- showed off
- shucked
- slung
- sounded off
- strutted
- swaggered
- talked big
- triumphed
- vapored
- advertises
- aggrandizes
- attracts attention
- blows
- blows one's own horn
- blows smoke
- blusters
- bullies
- cock-a-doodle-doos
- congratulates oneself
- cons
- crows
- exaggerates
- exults
- fakes
- flatter oneself
- flaunts
- flourishes
- gasconades
- gives a good account of oneself
- gloats
- glories
- grandstands
- hugs oneself
- jives
- lies on thick
- prates
- preens
- psyches
- puffs
- shoots
- shovels
- showboats
- shows off
- shucks
- slings
- sounds off
- struts
- swaggers
- talks big
- triumphs
- vapors
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.