Time reveals truth as well as falsehood.
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Falsehood
Synonyms for "falsehood" (129 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Noun(14 words)
Determiner(1 words)
a lie
Adjective(2 words)
cultural fabricationdeceptive discourse
Strong matches (39)
errorexaggerationfabricationfairy talefakeryfallaciousnessfallacyfalsenessfalsityfarfetched storyfarragofeigningfibfibberyfibbingfictionfish storyflamflimflamfraud
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Noun(13 words)
error countedfablefabricationsfalse claimfalse propositionfalsedomfalsificationfalsificationsfibfibsfigmentincorrectnessinsincerity
Adjective(3 words)
false assertionfalse statementintentional deception
Related words (64)
Noun(26 words)
inventioninveracitylegal fictionlibellielittle white lielyingmendaciousnessmendacitymisrepresentationmisstatementmythmythomaniapious fictionpretenseprevaricationpseudologyshamslight stretchingstory
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taletall storytall taletaradiddletrumped-up storytruthlessnessuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessunveraciousnesswhite lieyarn
Verb(4 words)
Adverb(1 words)
not based on evidence
Adjective(1 words)
spanish mito
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
13 entriescharacter traitclaimdeceptiondishonestyknaverylogical propertymisinformationmoral qualitypropagandapropositionstatementtruth valueuntruthfulness
More specific
10 entriesbogus claimdeceptiondishonestyempirical falsehoodfabricationlielogical falsehoodmisrepresentationrumorspurious claim
Collocations
6 entriesbase falsehooddamaging falsehoodgrave falsehoodunfounded falsehoodutter falsehoodwillful falsehood
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
18 total sentences available.
There has a ring of falsehood in his story.
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He hates falsehood more than anything else.
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I contended against falsehood.
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