Synonyms of fudge

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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

Three pints of vanilla ice cream, graham crackers, and fudge sauce are the recipe for ice cream cake-success. — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026

There will be fudges and grandfather clauses to reach a full 26, but nothing had to be done with the top performers. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 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