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Synonyms & Antonyms of whopper
1
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
- told a whopper to get out of jury duty
Synonyms for whopper
- fable,
- fabrication,
- fairy tale,
- falsehood,
- falsity,
- fib,
- lie,
- mendacity,
- prevarication,
- story,
- tale,
- taradiddle
- (or tarradiddle),
- untruth
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2
something that is unusually large and powerful
- a whopper of a fish that won first prize in the derby
- the season finale ended with a whopper of a cliffhanger
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The first known use of whopper was circa 1712
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