HOAXER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hoaxer mean? 

• HOAXER (noun)
  The noun HOAXER has 1 sense:

1. someone who plays practical jokes on others

  Familiarity information: HOAXER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOAXER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who plays practical jokes on others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cut-up; hoaxer; practical joker; prankster; tricker; trickster

Hypernyms ("hoaxer" is a kind of...):

bad hat; mischief-maker; trouble maker; troublemaker; troubler (someone who deliberately stirs up trouble)

Derivation:

hoax (subject to a playful hoax or joke)