untruth

Meaning

1. A lie or falsehood.
2. The condition of being false; truthlessness.

Synonyms

falsehood

lie

lies

fib

falsity

dishonesty

prevarication

inexactness

mendacity

invention

false statement

inaccuracy

inveracity

lisping

misconception

stammering

whopper

wrong

forked tongue

truthlessness

untrue words

sklent

deceit

unveracity

deception

delusion

distortion

error

fabrication

fallacy

false

falseness

false report

fiction

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈtɹuːθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: untreuth

Inherited from Old English: untrēowþ

Cognate with Old High German: ungitriuwida

In summary

Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu and *ungatriuwiþu, equivalent to un- + truth. Cognate with Old High German ungitriuwida.