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snake oil
Overview of noun snake-oil
The noun snake oil has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) snake oil -- ((medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless)
2. humbug, snake oil -- (communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun snake-oil
2 senses of snake oil
Sense 1
snake oil
=> liquid
=> fluid
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
humbug, snake oil
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun snake-oil
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun snake-oil
2 senses of snake oil
Sense 1
snake oil
=> liquid
Sense 2
humbug, snake oil
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
Antonyms of noun snake-oil
Member Holonyms of noun snake-oil
Substance Holonyms of noun snake-oil
Part Holonyms of noun snake-oil
Member Meronyms of noun snake-oil
Substance Meronyms of noun snake-oil
Part Meronyms of noun snake-oil
Meronyms of noun snake-oil
Holonyms of noun snake-oil
Attributes of noun snake-oil
Derived Forms of noun snake-oil
Domain of noun snake-oil
1 of 2 senses of snake oil
Sense 1
snake oil
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Domain Terms of noun snake-oil
Familiarity of noun snake-oil
snake oil used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun snake-oil
2 senses of snake oil
Sense 1
snake oil
> liquid
=> beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
=> supernatant
=> alcohol
=> ammonia water, ammonia, ammonium hydroxide
=> antifreeze
=> distillate, distillation
=> pyroligneous acid, wood vinegar
=> medium
=> ink
=> grume
=> liquor
=> sheep dip
=> snake oil
Sense 2
humbug, snake oil
> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> bill of goods
=> humbug, snake oil
=> half-truth
=> facade, window dressing
=> exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
=> snow job
=> pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
=> subterfuge, blind
=> trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery
=> fraudulence, duplicity
=> evasion, equivocation
Meronyms of noun snake-oil
2 senses of snake oil
Holonyms of noun snake-oil
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