| story(noun, report, line, deception, detail) |
| fiction(noun, literature, report, line, deception) |
| yarn(noun, literature, feature, report, line) |
| fib(noun, deception, speech, true) |
| falsehood(noun, speech, true, fantasy) |
| fable(noun, literature, feature, knowledge, report) |
| fabrication(noun, literature, report, line, deception) |
| untruth(noun, literature, line, deception, true) |
| prevarication(noun, deception, true, sham) |
| cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, true, story) |
| whopper(noun, literature, slang, line, deception) |
| exaggeration(noun, speech, story, falsehood) |
| slander(noun, abuse, scorn, censure, shame) |
| canard(noun, report, line, deception, belief) |
| misrepresentation(noun, true, fantasy, story) |
| scandal(noun, abuse, report, scorn, censure) |
| falsity(noun, line, deception, true) |
| rumor(noun, report, claim, hint) |
| defamation(noun, abuse, talk, disgrace) |
| detraction(noun, abuse, shame, insult) |