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fib
Synonyms and Antonyms of fib
- the claim that everyday living would be impossible without at least a few innocent fibs
fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, lie, mendacity, prevarication, story, tale, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), untruth, whopper
fib
Synonyms and Antonyms of fib
- fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away
Synonym Discussion of fib
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- lied about where he had been
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- during the hearings the witness did his best to prevaricate
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- equivocated endlessly in an attempt to mislead her inquisitors
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- a swindler paltering with his investors
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- fibbed about the price of the new suit
fib
Synonyms and Antonyms of fib
- the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless
bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over
assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp
blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, fustigate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap
Synonym Discussion of fib
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- lied about where he had been
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- during the hearings the witness did his best to prevaricate
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- equivocated endlessly in an attempt to mislead her inquisitors
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- a swindler paltering with his investors
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- fibbed about the price of the new suit
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