| exaggeration(falsehood, fib) |
| falsity(noun, deception, true, sham) |
| tall story(noun, expression, literature, nonfiction) |
| whopper(noun, slang, deception, true) |
| fable(noun, deception, sham, fantasy) |
| fairy tale(expression, line, story, falsity) |
| misstatement(noun, deception, true, sham) |
| canard(noun, line, deception, true) |
| dissimulation(cover, line, deception, sham) |
| perjury(noun, deception, sham, story) |
| yarn(noun, literature, line, deception) |
| fraud(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| inveracity(noun, true, dishonesty, deceit) |
| myth(dishonesty, fantasy, story, deceit) |
| song(noun, cover, line, escape) |
| untruthfulness(noun, line, deception, sham) |
| white lie(noun, expression, line, story) |
| ambiguity(noun, cover, clear, line, deception) |
| delusion(noun, cover, line, lying) |
| fibbing(noun, cover, line, lying) |