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