| figment(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| forgery(noun, deceit, falsehood, invention) |
| fraud(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| half truth(noun, expression, deception, sham) |
| hogwash(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| jazz(noun, fancy, line, stretch) |
| jive(noun, hint, deceit, falsehood) |
| misrepresentation(fancy, line, fantasy, story) |
| misstatement(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| perjury(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| pretense(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| smoke(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy) |
| song and dance(noun, expression, idiom, story) |
| untruism(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| untruthfulness(noun, line, deception, sham) |
| artifact(noun, deceit, falsehood, invention) |
| deception(sham, story, untruth) |
| embellishment(hyperbole, bunk, overstatement) |
| evasiveness(line, story, falsity, untruth) |
| false report(expression, story, untruth) |