Related Words for white lie

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lying
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Verb, Verb
falsehood
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Noun
untruth
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Noun
misleading
x/x
Adjective
nonsense
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Noun
deceit
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Noun
understatement
/xxx
Noun
fake
/
Noun
white sheep
//
Name, Name
fake news
//
Phrase, Noun
blind
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Noun
falsification
xxx/x
Noun
color
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Noun
lip service
//x
Phrase, Noun
fable
/x
Noun
canard
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Noun
slander
/x
Noun
deceive
x/
Verb
dirty trick
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bad faith
//
Phrase, Noun
calumny
/xx
Noun
pretense
x/
Noun
waffle
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Noun
artifice
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Noun
pretext
/x
Noun
denial
x/x
Noun
fallacy
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Noun
slight
/
Adjective
trickery
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Noun
low blow
//
Phrase, Noun
sham
/
Noun
cheating
/x
Noun
perfidy
/xx
Noun
facade
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Noun
good faith
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
charade
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Noun
empty words
/x/
Phrase, Noun
perfect crime
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Phrase, Noun
fooling
/x
Verb
exact science
x//x
Phrase, Noun
omitting
x/x
Verb
wrong
/
Adjective
traduction
x/x
Noun
counterfactual
/x/xx
Adjective
trash
/
Noun
excuse
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Noun
counterfeit
/xx
Noun
malice in law
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Phrase, Noun
idle threat
/x/
Phrase, Noun
hidden agenda
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
fair warning
//x
Phrase, Noun
dissimulation
xxx/x
Noun
hedge
/
Noun
dirty linen
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
contrivance
x/x
Noun
bravado
x/x
Noun
faux pas
x/
Phrase, Noun
assertion
x/x
Noun
fudge
/
Noun
aside
x/
Adverb
conspiracy theory
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
innocent
/xx
Adjective
irony
/xx
Noun
proverb
/x
Noun
dishonesty
x/xx
Noun
sophistry
x/x
Noun
false alarm
/x/
Phrase, Noun
sleaze
/
Noun
wrong number
//x
Phrase, Noun
ruse
/
Noun
trifle
/x
Noun
lightweight
//
Adjective
minor miracle
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
sharp practice
//x
Phrase, Noun
ulterior motive
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
foul play
//
Phrase, Noun
shenanigans
x/xx
Noun
false economy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
treachery
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Noun
oversimplification
xx/xxxx
Noun
casuistry
/xx
Noun
shoddy
/x
Adjective
nothing
/x
Noun
long shot
//
Phrase, Noun
abelian
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
achromatic
/x/x
Adjective
aedes
/
Adjective
affords
x/
Verb
alabaster
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
alb
/
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
are
/
Noun
arise
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Verb, Noun
arithmetical
xx/xx
Adjective
aryan
/xx
Adjective, Name
ashen
/x
Adjective, Verb
axilla
x/x
Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bask
/
Verb, Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
beige
/
Adjective, Noun
belarus
x/x
Name
belo
/x
Name
belong
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Verb
bianchi
x/x
Name
bind
/
Noun, Verb
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
blacken
/x
Verb
blade
/
Noun, Verb
blah
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blanc
/
Noun
blanched
/
Adjective
blanco
/x
Name, Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bleach
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blood
/
Noun, Verb
bloodless
/x
Adjective
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bradbury
/xx
Name
breasts
/
Name
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
cap
/
Noun, Verb
carte
/
Noun
casablanca
xx/x
Name
caucasian
x/x
Name, Adjective
chalk
/
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
cherry
/x
Noun, Adjective
chestnut
/x
Noun, Adjective
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
circassian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
clad
/
Verb, Adjective
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clinton
/x
Name
colorimetric
xxx/x
Adjective
colorless
/xx
Adjective
coloured
/x
Adjective, Noun
comedy
/xx
Noun
command
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Noun, Verb
comparison
x/xx
Noun
con
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Noun, Verb
consist
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Verb, Noun
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
cotton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
covered
/x
Adjective
cozy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
crest
/
Noun, Verb
crock
/
Noun, Verb
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
death
/
Noun
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
deception
x/x
Noun
decoy
x/
Noun, Verb
depend
x/
Verb
detector
x/x
Noun
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
dilute
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
dishonest
x/x
Adjective
documentation
xxx/x
Noun
dominate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
dummy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
dwell
/
Verb, Noun
eagle
/x
Noun, Verb
egg
/
Noun, Verb
elongate
x/x
Verb, Adjective
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
evelyn
/xx
Name
everything
/xx
Name
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exist
x/
Verb
expand
x/
Verb
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
fabrication
xx/x
Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
fib
/
Noun, Verb
fiction
/x
Noun
fictitious
x/x
Adjective
find
/
Verb, Noun
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
flank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flannel
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flowers
/x
Noun
fox
/
Noun, Verb
fragrant
/x
Adjective
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
get up
//
Phrase, Verb
goat
/
Noun, Verb
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
grahame
/x
Name
gray
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
grey
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
hazel
/x
Noun, Adjective
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hide
/
Verb, Noun
holly
/x
Name
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
huai
/
Name
ice
/
Noun, Verb
illusion
x/x
Noun
imperial
x/xx
Adjective, Name
inert
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
inhere
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Verb
invent
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Verb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
ivory
/xx
Noun, Adjective
lag
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
layer
/x
Noun, Verb
leak
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lemon
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lengthen
/x
Verb
liar
/x
Noun
lie down
//
Phrase, Verb
life
/
Noun, Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
lily
/x
Name, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
links
/
Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
livid
/x
Adjective
localize
/xx
Verb
located
/xx
Adjective
look
/
Verb, Noun
lurk
/
Verb, Noun
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
margaret
/xx
Name
matt
/
Name, Adjective
mauve
/
Adjective, Noun