Synonyms of fudged

fudged 1 of 2

adjective

as in manipulated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manipulated
• doctored
• juggled
• engineered
• adulterated
• concocted
• fabricated
• misleading
• designer
• manufactured
• forged
• process
• deceptive
• tampered (with)
• fraudulent
• unauthentic
• bogus
• phony
• cultured
• phoney
• dummy
• pretend
• simulated
• faux
• mock
• fake
• sham
• substitute
• counterfeit
• pseudo
• mimic
• synthetic
• affected
• feigned
• imitation
• artificial
• ersatz
• spurious
• factitious
• false
• imitative
• man-made
• brummagem
• pinchbeck

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• true
• legitimate
• natural
• bona fide
• genuine
• authentic
• valuable
• pure
• quality
• premium
• unadulterated

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• real
• true
• legitimate
• natural
• bona fide
• genuine
• authentic
• valuable
• pure
• quality
• premium
• unadulterated

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fudged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of fudge

1

as in weaseled

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

• weaseled
• waffled
• equivocated
• hedged
• shook
• ducked
• dodged
• evaded
• pussyfooted
• hemmed and hawed
• eschewed
• eluded
• shunned
• straddled the fence
• flip-flopped
• beat about the bush
• skirted
• sidestepped
• quibbled
• tergiversated
• circumvented
• bypassed
• yo-yoed
• shirked
• beat around the bush
• caviled
• straddled
• cavilled

2

as in cheated

to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal

she's been fudging on her taxes for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheated
• finagled
• falsified
• distorted
• misrepresented
• cribbed
• misstated
• misinterpreted
• chicaned
• exaggerated
• doctored
• embellished
• evaded
• elaborated
• faked
• warped
• padded
• colored
• embroidered
• perverted
• twisted
• hedged
• stretched
• dodged
• magnified
• tampered (with)

3

as in distorted

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

• distorted
• misrepresented
• falsified
• misstated
• misinterpreted
• cooked
• complicated
• obscured
• twisted
• garbled
• slanted
• perverted
• warped
• colored
• censored
• confused
• misrelated
• bent
• lied
• mistranslated
• disguised
• misspoke
• masked
• camouflaged
• fibbed
• misdescribed
• whitewashed
• dissembled
• bowdlerized
• veiled
• belied
• prevaricated
• equivocated
• mystified
• mistook
• confounded
• paltered
• glossed (over)
• mixed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explained
• interpreted
• clarified
• illustrated
• cleared (up)
• illuminated
• deciphered
• spelled out

• explained
• interpreted
• clarified
• illustrated
• cleared (up)
• illuminated
• deciphered
• spelled out

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