| fallacy(cover, line, deception, sham) |
| falseness(deception, sham, dishonesty, story) |
| feigning(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| fibbery(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| figment(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| half truth(expression, deception, sham, story) |
| hogwash(noun, deception, sham, story) |
| line(noun, cover, deception, sham) |
| made-up story(expression, fantasy, book, falsehood) |
| pretense(deception, sham, fraud, deceit) |
| quibbling routine(noun, expression, cover, line) |
| slander(dishonesty, deceit, falsehood, untruth) |
| speciousness(noun, cover, line, lying) |
| spuriousness(noun, cover, line, deception) |
| untruism(deception, sham, story, falsehood) |
| barefaced lie(expression, untruth) |
| chestnut(falsehood, fib) |
| defamation(dishonesty, deceit, falsehood, untruth) |
| detraction(dishonesty, deceit, falsehood, untruth) |
| false report(expression, story, untruth) |