Synonyms of fudge

fudge 1 of 2

noun

as in nuts

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

I was starting to realize that Grandpa's tales about when he was a boy were a lot of fudge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nuts
• nonsense
• garbage
• drool
• rubbish
• jazz
• blah
• stupidity
• silliness
• bunk
• beans
• baloney
• muck
• fiddle
• craziness
• balderdash
• crock
• humbuggery
• fiddlesticks
• bunkum
• flapdoodle
• applesauce
• absurdity
• claptrap
• insanity
• twaddle
• trash
• hokum
• bull
• guff
• blatherskite
• rot
• foolishness
• poppycock
• hogwash
• tosh
• madness
• piffle
• blarney
• folderol
• blither
• punk
• codswallop
• bilge
• trumpery
• malarkey
• tommyrot
• fiddle-faddle
• blather
• hooey
• bosh
• absurdness
• taradiddle
• humbug
• moonshine
• drivel
• hokeypokey
• horsefeathers
• nerts
• crapola
• slush
• flannel
• folly
• hoodoo
• idiocy
• senselessness
• greek
• gas
• kookiness
• monkey business
• tomfoolery
• inaneness
• foolery
• lunacy
• inanity
• imbecility
• hot air
• monkeyshine(s)
• rigmarole
• shenanigan(s)
• witlessness
• hocus-pocus
• fatuity
• asininity
• double-talk
• hoity-toity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonableness
• rationality
• sense
• common sense
• horse sense
• judgment
• sensibleness
• reasonability
• levelheadedness
• wisdom
• discernment

fudge

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verb

ˈfəj 

1

as in to weasel

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

the candidate was criticized for fudging on most of the questions during the debate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weasel
• shake
• waffle
• equivocate
• hedge
• duck
• dodge
• beat around the bush
• hem and haw
• straddle the fence
• evade
• pussyfoot
• tergiversate
• elude
• eschew
• shun
• yo-yo
• skirt
• flip-flop
• circumvent
• bypass
• sidestep
• cavil
• quibble
• shirk
• straddle

2

as in to cheat

to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal

she's been fudging on her taxes for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• finagle
• chicane
• crib
• falsify
• distort
• misrepresent
• elaborate
• pad
• evade
• exaggerate
• misstate
• fake
• warp
• tamper (with)
• color
• embellish
• misinterpret
• pervert
• twist
• stretch
• doctor
• embroider
• dodge
• hedge
• magnify

3

as in to distort

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distort
• misrepresent
• cook
• falsify
• misstate
• twist
• obscure
• pervert
• slant
• complicate
• color
• warp
• misinterpret
• garble
• misrelate
• bend
• confuse
• mistake
• mask
• censor
• disguise
• camouflage
• whitewash
• lie
• veil
• dissemble
• gloss (over)
• misspeak
• equivocate
• misdescribe
• prevaricate
• fib
• mistranslate
• mystify
• bowdlerize
• mix (up)
• palter
• confound
• belie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explain
• interpret
• clarify
• illustrate
• clear (up)
• spell out
• illuminate
• decipher

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fudge

Noun

Grandma can practically make this old-fashioned fudge recipe with her eyes closed. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 July 2026

Among the specific products named in the lawsuit are Orgain Organic Protein Powder in the vanilla bean and the creamy chocolate fudge flavors. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Verb

Romig, the former agency official, told me that there are various ways to fudge the numbers. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026

During the 1950s and 1960s, this was the go-to fudge recipe in America. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 May 2026