| lie(noun, literature, cover, line, deception) |
| fib(noun, literature, cover, line, deception) |
| untruth(noun, literature, line, deception, true) |
| fabrication(noun, literature, line, deception, lie) |
| falsehood(noun, literature, line, deception, true) |
| equivocation(noun, cover, clear, line, deception) |
| fiction(noun, literature, line, deception, true) |
| lying(noun, cover, line, deception, dishonesty) |
| tale(noun, deception, true, lie, sham) |
| story(noun, line, deception, true, lie) |
| evasion(noun, cover, line, escape, falsehood) |
| falsification(noun, deception, lie, story, deceit) |
| mendacity(noun, deception, lie, sham, deceit) |
| invention(noun, literature, line, lie, nonfiction) |
| cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, true, lie, story) |
| evasiveness(noun, line, escape, lie, excuse) |
| misrepresentation(noun, literature, cover, line, deception) |
| distortion(noun, cover, line, deception, lie) |
| subterfuge(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning) |
| tall tale(noun, expression, informal, deception, true) |