falsehood

Meaning

1. The property of being false.
2. A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
3. Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.

Synonyms

lie

untruth

deception

lies

fabrication

deceit

falsity

fib

fiction

falsification

prevarication

nonsense

forgery

fraud

dishonesty

falseness

invention

lying

faithlessness

illusion

guile

fable

mendacity

fairy tale

slander

deceitfulness

lisping

misconception

misleading

perfidiousness

rubbish

scheme

sham

stammering

story

tale

taradiddle

tell a lie

treachery

trickery

unfairness

untrue

untruthfulness

vanity

whopper

incorrect fact

shame

tale-bearing

deceitful utterance

untrue words

mistatement

Luyana

over-reaching

bogus

cheat

cock-and-bull story

counterfeit

craft

crookedness

deceiving

defrauding

delusion

disloyalty

distortion

error

fallacy

false

false report

false statement

fig

flam

foul play

imitation

inaccurate

inconstancy

insincerity

kidding

liar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɒlsˌhʊd/

Etymology

From Middle English falshede, from false + -hede.