untruth
noun
[ ʌnˈtruːθ ]
• a lie or false statement (often used euphemistically).
• "they go off and tell untruths about organizations for which they worked"
Similar:
lie,
falsehood,
fib,
fabrication,
deception,
made-up story,
trumped-up story,
fake news,
invention,
fiction,
piece of fiction,
falsification,
falsity,
cock and bull story,
barefaced lie,
(little) white lie,
half-truth,
exaggeration,
prevarication,
departure from the truth,
alternative fact,
yarn,
story,
red herring,
rumour,
fable,
myth,
flight of fancy,
figment of the imagination,
pretence,
pretext,
sham,
ruse,
wile,
stratagem,
misinformation,
disinformation,
trickery,
perjury,
dissimulation,
gossip,
propaganda,
tall story,
tall tale,
fairy story,
fairy tale,
whopper,
porky,
pork pie,
porky pie,
terminological inexactitude,
economy with the truth,
bullshit,
bulldust,
Origin:
Old English untrēowth ‘unfaithfulness’ (see un-1, truth).
