41 entries under lie topic. ×

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fiction(noun, literature, deception, nonfiction)
7
fib(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy)
7
tall tale(noun, expression, story, gag)
6
falsehood(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy)
6
invention(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy)
6
prevarication(noun, literature, deception, nonfiction)
5
exaggeration(noun, fancy, bias, falsehood)
5
fabrication(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy)
5
untruth(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy)
5
yarn(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy)
4
cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, story, fabrication)
2
falsity(noun, deception, dishonesty, deceit)
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fantasy(noun, literature, nonfiction, story)
2
farfetched story(noun, expression, exaggeration, bunk)
2
misrepresentation(noun, fantasy, bias, book)
2
story(noun, deception, bias, falsehood)
2
trumped-up story(noun, expression, bunk)
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baloney(noun, fancy, line, bias)
1
chestnut(noun, falsehood, gag, sketch)
1
clothesline(noun, fantasy, book, falsehood)
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