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Synonyms & Antonyms of half-truth
a statement that is only partly true and that is intended to deceive people
- I'm tired of all these half-truths—I want to know the real story.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for half-truth
- fable,
- fabrication,
- fairy tale,
- falsehood,
- falsity,
- fib,
- lie,
- mendacity,
- prevarication,
- story,
- tale,
- taradiddle
- (or tarradiddle),
- untruth,
- whopper
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“Half-truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-truth. Accessed 20 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of half-truth was in 1658
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