Bluff
Bluff verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau
Cheat is a synonym for bluff in deceive topic. In some cases you can use "Cheat" instead the word "Bluff" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good bluff | good cheat |
| similar | similar bluff | similar cheat |
| certain | certain bluff | certain cheat |
| successful | successful bluff | successful cheat |
| Other adjectives: big, great, cruel, double, visual. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the third season we appear to have Ket's "I don't cheat; I very rarely bluff" as a new one.
Source: Podcast / Critical Hit -
In the iCarly episode iQ Carly tries to convince a very intelligent boy she wants to date that she's very knowledgable, via the internet, studying real hard and eventually cheat sheets just to bluff her way through a day.
Source: Feigning Intelligence
Cite this Source
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