Synonyms of untruth

untruth

noun

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