Synonyms of misinformation

misinformation

noun

as in lie

information that is not completely true or accurate

a company accused of providing misinformation to its shareholders

Related Words

• lie
• misrepresentation
• libel
• misstatement
• distortion
• falsification
• exaggeration
• falsehood
• untruth
• ambiguity
• mendacity
• fairy tale
• fabrication
• prevarication
• story
• falsity
• half-truth
• misreport
• slander
• defamation
• tale
• fable
• fiction
• equivocation
• fib
• nonsense
• obliquity
• misconception
• deceit
• perjury
• whopper
• taradiddle
• pretense
• bluff
• myth
• fallacy
• dishonesty
• pose
• duplicity
• canard
• fraudulence
• humbug
• deceitfulness
• jive

Dissimilar Words

• fact
• honesty
• truth
• truthfulness
• confirmation
• veracity
• truism
• verification
• validation
• verity
• authentication
• substantiation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misinformation

Unfortunately, since the trial began, the misinformation has only multiplied. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

As many researchers have pointed out to us, there is no better time in history to be doing science, even when working against the headwinds of funding cuts and the rampant spread of misinformation. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

Public sparring often gives misinformation a much larger audience. — Brian Taylor, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Fueled by misinformation, poverty and lack of opportunities, more than 70,000 would-be migrants from Morocco and beyond swam or climbed over a breakwater last month to try to reach Ceuta, a Spanish exclave on the North African coast. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026