Synonyms of falsehoods

falsehoods

noun

plural of falsehood

1

as in myths

a false idea or belief

the possibility of a perpetual motion machine is one falsehood that has been disproved by modern physics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• myths
• delusions
• errors
• illusions
• untruths
• superstitions
• misconceptions
• fallacies
• falsities
• misunderstandings
• hallucinations
• misbeliefs
• distortions
• lies
• pretenses
• fictions
• tales
• old wives' tales
• inaccuracies
• factoids
• misrepresentations
• misinformation
• misinterpretations
• misstatements
• misperceptions
• half-truths
• sophistries
• misjudgments
• misapprehensions
• sophisms
• fibs
• stories
• misreports
• miscomprehensions
• misknowledges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truths
• verities

2

as in lies

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

several falsehoods in the witness's testimony that may be grounds for perjury

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lies
• tales
• stories
• untruths
• prevarications
• fabrications
• falsities
• fibs
• fables
• fairy tales
• mendacities
• distortions
• whoppers
• ambiguities
• exaggerations
• half-truths
• defamations
• fictions
• libels
• slanders
• equivocations
• taradiddles
• deceits
• perjuries
• obliquities
• misconceptions
• nonsense
• fallacies
• myths
• misrepresentations
• misinformation
• misstatements
• falsifications
• bluffs
• pretenses
• dishonesties
• fraudulences
• duplicities
• canards
• poses
• humbug
• misreports
• jives

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truths
• facts
• verities
• truisms
• confirmations
• substantiations
• verifications
• validations
• honesties
• authentications
• veracities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of falsehoods

In a June poll, KFF asked whether respondents believed in four vaccine falsehoods. — Katrine Wallace, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026

Among the more egregious falsehoods was the one McDonnell had told many people about her younger sister, Holly. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

Defense attorneys also should not be able to reference the felony charges dismissed after video showed agents’ falsehoods. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

As Nora’s speech and Catherine’s kind moments suggest, characters’ actions don’t consistently reflect their overall moral stance, which is often based on misunderstandings and falsehoods, its validity unknowable even to them. — Judy Berman, Time, 27 July 2026

In the film, however, Odysseus’s falsehoods have dire consequences, an apparent reflection of the biblical assertion that false witness is a sin. — Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026

According to the indictment, Escoe, Cher David, Gino Jourdan, Alfred Da Vis, Latoya Clark and James McGhow submitted applications for COVID relief loans and grants with a long list of falsehoods. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026

In an era when AI generates convincing falsehoods at scale and a third of teenagers report being deceived by fake content online, the ability to weigh evidence critically is not an academic exercise but a plain necessity. — Rajiv Vinnakota, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Trump is twice divorced, relishes cursing publicly and offers a never-ending onslaught of falsehoods. — Will Weissert, Fortune, 18 July 2026