Synonyms of trumped-up

trumped-up 1 of 2

adjective

as in invented

Related Words

• invented
• unproven
• fraudulent
• made-up
• fabricated
• mendacious
• unconfirmed
• untested
• deceitful
• fictitious
• dishonest
• lying
• misleading
• illusory
• specious
• fallacious
• delusive
• spurious
• deceptive
• distorted
• awry
• erroneous
• delusory
• amiss
• counterfactual
• inaccurate
• untrue
• askew
• untruthful
• incorrect
• inexact
• false
• wrong
• invalid
• unsound
• off

Dissimilar Words

• true
• proper
• factual
• valid
• correct
• exact
• accurate
• right
• sound
• precise
• demonstrated
• confirmed
• established
• veracious
• perfect
• tested
• proven
• errorless
• impeccable
• flawless
• faultless
• letter-perfect

trumped up

2 of 2

verb

past tense of trump up

as in devised

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

parents who were always trumping up little projects for their children to do around the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devised
• concocted
• constructed
• invented
• cooked (up)
• came up with
• thought (up)
• designed
• vamped (up)
• drummed up
• excogitated
• manufactured
• produced
• made up
• contrived
• fabricated
• hatched
• conceived
• dreamed
• envisioned
• improvised
• imagined
• coined
• visualized
• envisaged
• fantasized
• daydreamed
• pictured
• extemporized
• visioned
• ad-libbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copied
• duplicated
• reproduced
• mimicked
• cloned
• imitated
• replicated
• reduplicated
• copycatted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trumped-up

Adjective

The charge was clearly trumped-up, but Yundi was immediately taken off all Chinese stages and media and prevented from going abroad. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Nov. 2023

Verb

But in a statement issued by his attorney, Maluchnik denies all of that, saying the charges have been trumped up. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026

Because of the differences they are labeled as evil, incompetent, corrupt or some other trumped up charge such as antisemitic. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026

Bass insisted the charges were trumped up. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026

He was forced to flee the country in the months following the election, due to trumped up conspiracy and terrorism charges presented by the government that would have led to decades in prison. — Flora Charner, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026

The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power. — Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025

She was elected to the country's National Assembly in 2010, only to be expelled four years later on allegations her supporters said were trumped up. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025

Although the woman-alien’s powers were trumped up to comedic effect, Estelle could not help but see that beneath its B-movie veneer, Devil Girl from Mars tapped into a looming anxiety that was palpable all around. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025