falsehood

The word “falsehood” has 2 syllables: false-hood

It's pronounced as /ˈfɔls.hʊd/

What is synonym and antonym for falsehood?

In the thesaurus, “falsehood” has 100 synonyms and 41 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for falsehood along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for falsehood

ambiguity
artifice
bluff
canard
cover-up
craft
craftiness
crookedness
cunning
deceit
deceitfulness
deception
deceptiveness
defamation
delusion
dishonesty
dissembling
dissimulation
distortion
double-dealing
duplicity
equivocation
erroneousness
error
exaggeration
fable
fabrication
factoid
fairy tale
fakery
fallaciousness
fallacy
falseness
falsification
falsity
feigning
fib
fibbery
fiction
figment
foxiness
fraud
fraudulence
guile
guilefulness
half-truth
hallucination
hogwash
humbug
hypocrisy
illusion
inaccuracy
incorrectness
insincerity
jive
libel
lie
line
mendaciousness
mendacity
misapprehension
misbelief
miscomprehension
misconception
misinformation
misinterpretation
misjudgment
misknowledge
misperception
misreport
misrepresentation
misstatement
misunderstanding
myth
nonsense
obliquity
perjury
pose
pretence
pretense
prevarication
sham
slander
sophism
sophistry
speciousness
spuriousness
story
superstition
tale
tall tale
taradiddle
tarradiddle
trickishness
untruism
untruth
untruthfulness
whopper
wiliness
yarn

Antonyms for falsehood

accuracy
actuality
authentication
authenticity
candidness
candor
confirmation
correctness
credibility
dependability
fact
factuality
factualness
frankness
genuineness
good faith
honesty
honor
incorruptibility
integrity
nonfiction
objectivity
openness
plainspokenness
probity
reality
reliability
reliableness
sincerity
straightforwardness
substantiation
truism
trustworthiness
truth
truthfulness
uprightness
validation
veraciousness
veracity
verification
verity

Meanings of falsehood

noun
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.

Example Sentences

Despite his protests, the evidence pointed towards the falsehood of his claims.
The politician's speech was riddled with falsehoods, causing a public outcry for accountability.
She couldn't bear to live with the burden of the falsehood any longer and decided to confess.
The detective meticulously uncovered the falsehood in the suspect's alibi, leading to their arrest.
In literature, the theme of truth versus falsehood is a recurring motif, exploring the complexities of human nature.

On this page you'll find 141 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to falsehood, such as: accuracy, actuality, ambiguity, artifice, authentication, authenticity, bluff.

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