Synonyms of untruth

untruth

noun

ˌən-ˈtrüth 

1

as in delusion

a false idea or belief

their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delusion
• myth
• illusion
• error
• superstition
• falsehood
• misconception
• misunderstanding
• fallacy
• falsity
• misbelief
• hallucination
• distortion
• lie
• fiction
• tale
• pretense
• misrepresentation
• old wives' tale
• pretence
• inaccuracy
• misinformation
• misinterpretation
• misstatement
• misperception
• misapprehension
• miscomprehension
• half-truth
• misjudgment
• sophistry
• sophism
• factoid
• story
• fib
• misreport
• misknowledge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truth
• verity

2

as in lie

a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive

the Web site is rife with untruths and misleading information

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in deception

the quality or state of being false

there is an element of untruth in all forms of art: works of art provide only a semblance of reality

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceptiveness
• falseness
• falsehood
• fallacy
• delusion
• falsity
• erroneousness
• fallaciousness
• inaccuracy
• spuriousness
• untruthfulness
• speciousness
• dishonesty
• incorrectness
• mendacity
• mendaciousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truth
• verity
• accuracy
• correctness
• actuality
• genuineness
• truthfulness
• credibility
• honesty
• veracity
• trustworthiness
• factuality
• factualness

Examples of untruth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, President Biden’s faltering performance dominated the news cycle for weeks, and the network’s anchors were criticized for not pushing back on former President Trump’s untruths. —Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024

But a President faces challenges — including having to do the job of addressing untruths without journalists’ help — and Biden did not rise to this one. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 28 June 2024

Of course, countering untruths made by a candidate during a debate is primarily the responsibility of the rival candidate onstage. —James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024

Ordinary lying, knowingly telling untruths, is common. —Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021