falsehoodnoun
uk/ˈfɒls.hʊd/us/ˈfɑːls.hʊd/formal[ U ] lying:
She doesn't seem to understand the difference between truth and falsehood.
[ C ] a lie or a statement that is not correct
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- artifice
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- hypocrisy
- make sth up
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- post-truth
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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