- as incolloquial
- as injazz
- as injest
- as inlip service
- as inmalarky
- as innonsense
- as inpatter
- as inpiffle
- as inabsurdity
- as inpoppycock
- as inrigmarole
- as insham
- as inspiel
- as intalk
- as intwaddle
- as insong and dance
- as inrag
- as incheat
- as intommyrot
- as invictimization
- as inconversation
- as indance
- as indeception
- as indefense
- as indistortion
- as inevasion
- as inexcuse
- as infabrication
- as inflattery
- as inguile
- as injest
- as injoke
- as inpretend
- as inprevaricate
- as inridicule
- as insatirize
- as inbanter
- as intease
- as intrick
- as inbluff
- as inboast
- as inbrag
- as injosh
- as intwit
- as indefraud
- as indelude
- as inequivocate
- as infabricate
- as infib
- as infool
- as inhedge
Synonyms for jive
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WORD ORIGIN
1928, "to deceive playfully," also "empty, misleading talk" (n.) and "a style of fast, lively jazz and dance music," American English, from Black English, probably of African origin (cf. Wolof jev, jeu "talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner"). Related: Jived; jiving. Used from 1938 for "New York City African-American slang."
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR JIVE
absurdity
nounridiculous situation or behaviorbanter
verbteasebluff
verbdeceivebluffing
verbdeceiveboast
verbbrag- 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
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