Synonyms for untruth
noun
falsehood, misrepresentation, evasion, lie, prevarication, distortion, deceit, canard, trick, pretense, false appearance, gull, cheat, mistake, dissimulation, spoof*, whopper*.
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noun
An untrue declaration:
canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie2, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale. (Informal) fish story, tall tale. (Slang) whopper. See trueAn erroneous or false idea:
erroneousness, error, fallacy, falsehood, falseness, falsity. See correct, true
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