- Definitions|3
- Thesaurus|1.9k
- Abbreviations|0
100 entries under falsehood topic. ×
| feigning(trick, lie, sham, con, story) | |
| forgery(noun, fake, trick, copy, counterfeit) | |
| misconception(noun, confusion, impression, mistake, image) | |
| perfidy(noun, cheat, division, opposition, ripoff) | |
| semblance(noun, show, fancy, trick, confusion) | |
| speciousness(noun, cover, line, display, lie) | |
| acting(trick, sham, con, cloak) | |
| appearance(trick, sham, con, cloak) | |
| disingenuousness(noun, dishonesty, deceit, falseness) | |
| erroneousness(noun, uncertainty, lie, mistake, sham) | |
| excuse(noun, show, trick, face, sham) | |
| fabrication(fake, trick, counterfeit, lie, sham) | |
| faking(trick, sham, con, cloak) | |
| inaccuracy(noun, uncertainty, lie, dishonesty, error) | |
| invention(noun, plan, fancy, trick, confusion) | |
| ostentation(trick, sham, con, cloak) | |
| perjury(noun, lie, sham, dishonesty, story) | |
| posing(trick, sham, con, cloak) | |
| quibbling(noun, mistake, error, deviation) | |
| stunt(noun, fix, catch, trick, twist) |
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