noun
counterfeit, untruth, mask, cloak, mendacity, deceit, dissembling, disguise, simulation, feigning, misstatement, distortion, falsification, understatement, overdrawing, exaggeration, caricature, travesty, burlesque, parody, extravaganza, imitation, bad likeness, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, misapplication, misinterpretation, misconstruction, misguidance, misdirection, perversion, sophistry, phoney*, lollapalooza*, barnumism*; see also deception 1, lie 1.
Antonyms truth*, honesty*, candor.