UNTRUTH Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

untruth

noun

ˌən-ˈtrüth

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as in delusion

a false idea or belief their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited

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truth
verity

as in lie

a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive the Web site is rife with untruths and misleading information

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as in deception

the quality or state of being false there is an element of untruth in all forms of art: works of art provide only a semblance of reality

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Recent Examples of untruth An illusion endlessly repeated despite its demonstrable untruth ceases to be an illusion and becomes a lie; a lie endlessly retold can become second nature, so ingrained and instinctive as to detach from its origins and morph into self-delusion. —

Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2025 This week, Stuart Heritage reports from the U.K. on why The Salt Path, the inspirational best-selling memoir by Raynor Winn, now seems to be a hive of untruths. —

Air Mail, 19 July 2025 Social niceties and institutional language are his ways to tell untruths, even to himself, while keeping both the status quo and his organizational status intact. —

Matthew Clark Davison, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025 At the celebration that follows their hair-raising return to Holy Island, Spike is disturbed by his father’s exultant untruths, regaling the crowd with false accounts of his son’s heroics when the squeamish boy had been too petrified to be of use during the attack. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for untruth

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Noun

So the dreams — or delusions — of past officials proved false.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
Described as more of a tonal companion to The Worm than a direct continuation, The Answerers is equal parts existential thriller and absurdist comedy, exploring belief, delusion and the human need for meaning in an increasingly turbulent modern world.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026