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

Board members went on to say its members have also witnessed concerning conduct, such as false accusations, misinformation and favoritism. — Aubrey Wright, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026

Another talks about the internet as a great repository of human knowledge that has also led to isolation, depression, cruelty, and misinformation. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

And now each of those meetings are being derailed by combating misinformation about vaccines. — Roshan N. Bransden, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

But coming just four months after the October 7th Hamas attack, tensions were high, misinformation was rife, and Israel’s decades-long conflation of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism had burrowed deep into the Western psyche. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026