gammon

The word “gammon” has 2 syllables: gam-mon

It's pronounced as /ˈɡæmən/


What is synonym and antonym for gammon?

In the thesaurus, “gammon” has 75 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gammon along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gammon

  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • bleed
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • diddle
  • do a number on
  • dupe
  • euchre
  • fake out
  • femur
  • flank
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • frame
  • gaff
  • groin
  • gull
  • ham
  • have
  • have on
  • hoax
  • hock
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • juggle
  • kid
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • loins
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • pancetta
  • play games with
  • pork
  • pork slab
  • porkbellies
  • put on
  • rasher
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • set up
  • shortchange
  • skin
  • snooker
  • snow
  • sowbelly
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • sting
  • string along
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • trick

Antonyms for gammon

  • be honest
  • debunk
  • disabuse
  • disclose
  • disenchant
  • disillusion
  • divulge
  • expose
  • reveal
  • show up
  • tell
  • uncloak
  • uncover
  • undeceive
  • unmask
  • unveil

Meanings of gammon

  • noun
    1. A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
    2. A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
    3. Backgammon (the game itself).
    4. A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
    5. Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
    6. A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.
  • verb
    1. To cure bacon by salting.
    2. To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
    3. To lash with ropes (on a ship).
    4. To deceive; to lie plausibly to.

Example Sentences

  • In traditional British cuisine, gammon is often served with pineapple or fried eggs.
  • The pub's menu featured a hearty dish of gammon steak served with mashed potatoes and vegetables.
  • During the holiday season, families gather around the table to enjoy slices of glazed gammon.
  • The chef prepared a succulent gammon roast, seasoned with herbs and spices for added flavor.
  • At the butcher's shop, customers lined up to purchase freshly cut portions of gammon for their weekend dinners.

On this page you'll find 91 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gammon, such as: bamboozle, be honest, beguile, bleed, bluff, buffalo, burn.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gaff

  • accommodation
  • accoutrement
  • appliance
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • appropriation
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beguile
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bitch
  • black box
  • bleed
  • bloomer
  • blooper
  • bluff
  • blunder
  • bobble
  • boner
  • boo boo
  • boo-boo
  • boob
  • booby trap
  • book
  • brace
  • breach
  • brick
  • buffalo
  • bungle
  • burn
  • bust
  • captivity
  • capture
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • clanger
  • clinker
  • clip
  • collar
  • commitment
  • con
  • confinement
  • constraint
  • contraption
  • cozen
  • crime
  • crimp
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • detain
  • detention
  • device
  • diddle
  • dingbat
  • discourtesy
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • doodad
  • doohickey
  • double-cross
  • drop
  • dupe
  • error
  • euchre
  • exploit
  • extort
  • failing
  • failure
  • fake out
  • fall
  • false step
  • familiarity
  • fast-talk
  • fault
  • faux pas
  • fiddle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foible
  • fool
  • foul-up
  • frailty
  • fumble
  • furnishings
  • gaffe
  • gammon
  • gear
  • get
  • gimcrack
  • gimmick
  • gizmo
  • glom
  • goof
  • goof-up
  • gouge
  • grab
  • grabber
  • gull
  • habiliments
  • have
  • have on
  • heat
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hook
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • howler
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • idiot box
  • implement
  • imprison
  • imprisonment
  • improperness
  • impropriety
  • imprudence
  • inaccuracy
  • incarcerate
  • incarceration
  • incivility
  • indecorum
  • indelicacy
  • indiscretion
  • infraction
  • jail
  • jailing
  • jigger
  • job
  • juggle
  • kick
  • kid
  • lapse
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • machine
  • machinery
  • means
  • mechanism
  • milk
  • misapprehension
  • miscalculation
  • miscomprehension
  • misconception
  • misconstruction
  • miscue
  • misdescription
  • misfire
  • misguide
  • misimpression
  • misinform
  • misinterpretation
  • misjudgment
  • mislead
  • misreading
  • misstatement
  • misstep
  • mistake
  • misunderstanding
  • mitt
  • muff
  • mulct
  • nab
  • nail
  • negligence
  • net
  • nick
  • nip
  • nobble
  • offence
  • offense
  • omission
  • outfit
  • overcharge
  • oversight
  • paraphernalia
  • pick up
  • pickle
  • pinch
  • pluck
  • pratfall
  • preventive custody
  • protective custody
  • provisions
  • pull
  • pull in
  • put on
  • put the arm on
  • put the cuffs on
  • ream
  • restraining
  • rip off
  • rook
  • round up
  • roust
  • run-in
  • screw
  • screwup
  • secure
  • seize
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • sequestering
  • setup
  • shake down
  • short
  • shortchange
  • sidetrack
  • sin
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slip
  • slip of the tongue
  • slipup
  • snafu
  • snag
  • snare
  • snooker
  • snow
  • soak
  • solecism
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • string along
  • stuff
  • stumble
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • supplies
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • tab
  • tackle
  • tag
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take prisoner
  • take to the cleaners
  • tease
  • thimblerig
  • thingamajig
  • tools
  • toss in jail
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • trick
  • trip
  • utensils
  • venial sin
  • vice
  • victimize
  • violation
  • whatchamacallit
  • whatsis
  • whosis
  • widget
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

fake out

  • aberration
  • abstain
  • act
  • affect
  • allege
  • alteration
  • assume
  • avert
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • be deceitful
  • be first
  • be hypocritical
  • beat
  • beguile
  • best
  • betray
  • better
  • bewilder
  • bleed
  • blow away
  • blow out of water
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • bunco
  • burn
  • bury
  • bypass
  • cap
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • cream
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
  • detour
  • deviation
  • diddle
  • digression
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • ditch
  • divergence
  • divert
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
  • duck
  • dupe
  • eclipse
  • elude
  • end-run
  • escape
  • eschew
  • euchre
  • evade
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fake
  • feign
  • fend off
  • figure out
  • finagle
  • fish
  • flee
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • fox
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • illude
  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
  • juggle
  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
  • lead astray
  • lead on
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
  • let on
  • lick
  • lie
  • make a fool of
  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
  • make out
  • malinger
  • masquerade
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfox
  • outgeneral
  • outguess
  • outgun
  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
  • outrival
  • outshine
  • outsmart
  • outstrip
  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
  • psych out
  • pull a fast one
  • pull a fast one on
  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
  • put one over on
  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
  • shirk
  • shoot ahead
  • shortchange
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shut out
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • simulate
  • skin
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • slip
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • stick
  • sting
  • stonewall
  • string along
  • stutter-step
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

take for a ride

  • abolish
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beat out of
  • beguile
  • behead
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bitch
  • bleed
  • blot out
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bump off
  • bunco
  • burn
  • butcher
  • caboodle
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chill
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • clip
  • con
  • cool
  • coquet
  • cozen
  • crib
  • cross
  • dally
  • decapitate
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delude
  • destroy
  • diddle
  • disinform
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • drub
  • dupe
  • electrocute
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • euchre
  • execute
  • exploit
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extort
  • fake
  • fake out
  • fast talk
  • fast-talk
  • fiddle
  • finagle
  • finish
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flirt
  • fool
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • garotte
  • give bum steer
  • gouge
  • guillotine
  • gull
  • gyp
  • hang
  • hit
  • hoax
  • hocus-pocus
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • hustle
  • impose upon
  • jerk around
  • jive
  • kid
  • knife
  • knock off
  • lead on
  • liquidate
  • lynch
  • mangle
  • mar
  • massacre
  • milk
  • mislead
  • misuse
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • nick
  • nobble
  • off
  • outwit
  • overcharge
  • overreach
  • play for a fool
  • play games with
  • pluck
  • pull a fast one
  • pull wool over
  • put away
  • put one over on
  • ream
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rook
  • rope in
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • run a game on
  • sandbag
  • scam
  • screw
  • sell a bill of goods
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • set up
  • shaft
  • shake down
  • shoot
  • short
  • shortchange
  • shuck
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • smother
  • snow
  • snuff
  • soak
  • spoil
  • squeeze
  • steal
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • strangle
  • strip
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take
  • take a life
  • take advantage of
  • take in
  • take out
  • take to the cleaners
  • thimblerig
  • thrash
  • toy
  • trap
  • trick
  • trifle
  • trim
  • two-time
  • victimize
  • wanton
  • waste
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

take in

  • absorb
  • accommodate
  • accomplishment
  • admit
  • antic
  • artifice
  • assimilate
  • bamboozle
  • barrack
  • beguile
  • bestow
  • betray
  • bilk
  • billet
  • bivouac
  • bleed
  • bluff
  • board
  • bracket
  • buffalo
  • bunk
  • burn
  • camp
  • caper
  • carry
  • catch
  • chamber
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • compose
  • comprehend
  • comprise
  • con
  • constitute
  • contain
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • deception
  • defraud
  • delude
  • device
  • diddle
  • digest
  • do
  • do a number on
  • dodge
  • domicile
  • double-cross
  • dupe
  • embody
  • embrace
  • encamp
  • encompass
  • ensconce
  • entail
  • escapade
  • euchre
  • fake out
  • feat
  • feint
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • form
  • four-flush
  • frolic
  • funny business
  • gaff
  • gag
  • gambol
  • gammon
  • get
  • gimmick
  • grasp
  • gull
  • harbor
  • have
  • have on
  • hoax
  • hold
  • home
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • house
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • imposture
  • include
  • incorporate
  • integrate
  • involve
  • jape
  • jest
  • jig
  • juggle
  • kid
  • lark
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • lie
  • lodge
  • make
  • maneuver
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • monkeyshine
  • mulct
  • number
  • own
  • perceive
  • ploy
  • possess
  • practical joke
  • pull wool over eyes
  • put on
  • put up
  • put-on
  • quarter
  • receive
  • roof
  • rook
  • room
  • roost
  • ruse
  • savvy
  • secure
  • see
  • shed
  • shelter
  • shenanigan
  • shortchange
  • skin
  • sleight
  • sleight of hand
  • snooker
  • snow
  • soak up
  • spoof
  • sport
  • squeeze
  • stable
  • stick
  • sting
  • stratagem
  • string along
  • stunt
  • subsume
  • subterfuge
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take
  • tease
  • tent
  • tomfoolery
  • trick
  • wile

bamboozle

  • abash
  • addle
  • agitate
  • baffle
  • beat
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • beguile
  • bemuse
  • bewilder
  • bilk
  • bleed
  • bluff
  • bother
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • chagrin
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • con
  • confound
  • confuse
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • diddle
  • discombobulate
  • discomfit
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disconcert
  • discountenance
  • dismay
  • disorient
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturb
  • do a number on
  • dupe
  • embarrass
  • euchre
  • fake out
  • faze
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flummox
  • fluster
  • fool
  • fox
  • fuddle
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • get
  • gravel
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • juggle
  • kid
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • maze
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mortify
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • mulct
  • mystify
  • nonplus
  • perplex
  • perturb
  • pose
  • put on
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • rook
  • shortchange
  • skin
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • sting
  • string along
  • stump
  • stun
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take in
  • tease
  • trick
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vex
  • weird out

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