prevarication :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (8)

lie, prevarication

n. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness

n. intentionally vague or ambiguous

lying, prevarication, fabrication

n. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

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Fuzzynyms (15)

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling

n. pretending with intention to deceive

subterfuge, blind

n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

fraudulence, deceit

n. the quality of being fraudulent

dishonesty

n. the quality of being dishonest

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Antonyms (2)

truth, true statement

n. a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

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