Synonyms of mendacity

mendacity

noun

men-ˈda-sə-tē 

1

as in lie

a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive

highly fictionalized "memoirs" in which the facts were few and the mendacities many

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lie
• tale
• story
• prevarication
• falsehood
• untruth
• fairy tale
• fabrication
• fable
• falsity
• distortion
• fib
• ambiguity
• exaggeration
• whopper
• fiction
• taradiddle
• fraudulence
• deceit
• slander
• defamation
• equivocation
• libel
• perjury
• obliquity
• duplicity
• nonsense
• dishonesty
• half-truth
• misrepresentation
• bluff
• misinformation
• myth
• fallacy
• falsification
• misstatement
• pretense
• misconception
• canard
• pose
• deceitfulness
• humbug
• jive
• misreport

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truth
• fact
• honesty
• truthfulness
• veracity
• truism
• confirmation
• verification
• validation
• verity
• authentication
• substantiation

2

as in deceit

the tendency to tell lies

you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity, or no one will ever believe anything you say

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceit
• deceitfulness
• dishonesty
• untruthfulness
• mendaciousness
• falsehood
• duplicity
• insincerity
• falseness
• cunning
• fakery
• double-dealing
• dissembling
• dissimulation
• guile
• crookedness
• hypocrisy
• wiliness
• craftiness
• artifice
• craft
• trickishness
• guilefulness
• foxiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrity
• honesty
• truthfulness
• probity
• veracity
• sincerity
• honor
• frankness
• good faith
• candor
• verity
• reliability
• accuracy
• straightforwardness
• trustworthiness
• dependability
• objectivity
• incorruptibility
• correctness
• candidness
• veraciousness
• credibility
• authenticity
• genuineness
• reliableness
• plainspokenness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mendacity

The answer from liberal institutions revealed to be complicit in large-scale violence and mendacity should still be a firm no. — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

But widespread disgust with the mayor’s mendacity and the connivance of eight City Council members is changing the political landscape. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025

Viewed from an especially merciless or purgatorial angle, certain strands of my life are little more than histories of lo-fi mendacity. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025

But one finishes this family saga more fully understanding why, for Xi Jinping, opacity and mendacity became the best guarantors of survival. — Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2025