garble

The word “garble” has 2 syllables: gar-ble

It's pronounced as /ˈɡɑr.bəl/


What is synonym and antonym for garble?

In the thesaurus, “garble” has 68 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for garble

  • belie
  • bend
  • bolt
  • bowdlerize
  • camouflage
  • censor
  • clarify
  • clean
  • cleanse
  • clear
  • color
  • complicate
  • confound
  • confuse
  • cook
  • corrupt
  • decontaminate
  • disguise
  • disinfect
  • dissemble
  • distil
  • distill
  • distort
  • doctor
  • elutriate
  • equivocate
  • extract
  • falsify
  • fib
  • filter
  • fine
  • fudge
  • jumble
  • leach
  • lie
  • mask
  • misdescribe
  • misinterpret
  • mislead
  • misquote
  • misrelate
  • misrepresent
  • misspeak
  • misstate
  • mistake
  • mistranslate
  • mutilate
  • mystify
  • obscure
  • palter
  • pervert
  • prevaricate
  • process
  • purge
  • purify
  • rectify
  • refine
  • sanitize
  • screen
  • sieve
  • sift
  • slant
  • tamper with
  • twist
  • veil
  • warp
  • wash
  • whitewash

Antonyms for garble

  • begrime
  • besmirch
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • cloud
  • contaminate
  • decipher
  • defile
  • dirty
  • dull
  • explain
  • foul
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • leave alone
  • muddy
  • order
  • organize
  • pollute
  • pronounce
  • purify
  • represent
  • soil
  • spell out
  • straighten
  • sully
  • taint
  • translate
  • unscramble

Meanings of garble

  • noun
    1. Confused or unintelligible speech.
    2. Refuse; rubbish.
    3. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
  • verb
    1. To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert.
    2. To make false by mutilation or addition.
    3. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.

Example Sentences

  • Garble in communication can lead to misunderstandings and confusion.
  • Please ensure you speak clearly so as not to garble your message.
  • The poor reception caused the radio transmission to garble.
  • It's important not to garble important information when relaying it to others.
  • The loud background noise made it difficult to hear anything but a garble of voices.

On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to garble, such as: begrime, belie, bend, besmirch, bolt, bowdlerize, camouflage.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

falsified

  • apocryphal
  • belied
  • bent
  • bowdlerized
  • camouflaged
  • censored
  • challenged
  • colored
  • complicated
  • confounded
  • confused
  • confuted
  • contested
  • cooked
  • debated
  • debunked
  • disconfirmed
  • discredited
  • discussed
  • disguised
  • disproved
  • dissembled
  • distorted
  • doubted
  • equivocated
  • fibbed
  • fudged
  • garbled
  • gave the lie to
  • lied
  • masked
  • misdescribed
  • misinterpreted
  • misrelated
  • misrepresented
  • misspoke
  • misstated
  • mistook
  • mistranslated
  • mistrusted
  • mooted
  • mystified
  • obscured
  • overthrew
  • overturned
  • paltered
  • perverted
  • prevaricated
  • pseudepigraphic
  • pseudological
  • queried
  • questioned
  • rebutted
  • refuted
  • shot down
  • slanted
  • talked over
  • twisted
  • veiled
  • warped
  • whitewashed

warp

  • abase
  • anchorage
  • assumption
  • backbone
  • base
  • basis
  • bastardize
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • befoul
  • begrime
  • belie
  • bend
  • blemish
  • bottom
  • bowdlerize
  • brace
  • brutalize
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • camouflage
  • canker
  • censor
  • center
  • cheapen
  • coil
  • color
  • complicate
  • confound
  • confuse
  • contaminate
  • contort
  • cook
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corrupt
  • crook
  • curl
  • curve
  • damage
  • debase
  • debauch
  • deface
  • defile
  • deform
  • degrade
  • demean
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • depreciate
  • descend
  • destroy
  • deteriorate
  • deviate
  • dilute
  • dirty
  • disfigure
  • disgrace
  • disguise
  • dishonor
  • dissemble
  • distort
  • downgrade
  • equivocate
  • essence
  • eye
  • falsify
  • fib
  • flaw
  • focus
  • footing
  • foundation
  • framework
  • fudge
  • garble
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • harm
  • heart
  • hub
  • humble
  • humiliate
  • hurt
  • impair
  • infrastructure
  • justification
  • kernel
  • keystone
  • lessen
  • lie
  • loop
  • mar
  • mask
  • misdescribe
  • misinterpret
  • misrelate
  • misrepresent
  • misshape
  • misspeak
  • misstate
  • mistake
  • mistranslate
  • mount
  • mystify
  • nucleus
  • obscure
  • palter
  • pervert
  • poison
  • pollute
  • premise
  • premiss
  • presumption
  • presupposition
  • prevaricate
  • profane
  • prop
  • prostitute
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • root
  • ruin
  • screw
  • seat
  • shame
  • shore
  • slant
  • soul
  • spiral
  • spoil
  • squinch
  • stain
  • stay
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • subvert
  • support
  • supposition
  • swerve
  • taint
  • take down
  • tarnish
  • theory
  • thesis
  • thin
  • torture
  • touchstone
  • turn
  • twine
  • twist
  • underpinning
  • veil
  • vitiate
  • warp and woof
  • warrant
  • water down
  • weaken
  • whitewash
  • wind
  • wreathe
  • wreck
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

fabricates

  • ad-libs
  • assembles
  • begins
  • beguiles
  • builds
  • carpenters
  • coins
  • combines
  • comes up with
  • conceives
  • concocts
  • confects
  • constitutes
  • constructs
  • contrives
  • cozens
  • crafts
  • creates
  • daydreams
  • deceives
  • defames
  • deludes
  • designs
  • devises
  • dissembles
  • dissimulates
  • distorts
  • dreams
  • drums up
  • dupes
  • envisages
  • envisions
  • equivocates
  • erects
  • establishes
  • excogitates
  • extemporizes
  • falsifies
  • fantasizes
  • fashions
  • fathers
  • fibs
  • fools
  • foreswears
  • forges
  • forms
  • forswears
  • founds
  • frames
  • fudges
  • garbles
  • generates
  • gulls
  • hammers
  • handcrafts
  • hatches
  • hews
  • hoaxes
  • hoodwinks
  • imagines
  • improvises
  • inaugurates
  • initiates
  • innovates
  • institutes
  • invents
  • jerry-builds
  • kids
  • knocks out
  • libels
  • lies
  • makes
  • makes up
  • manufactures
  • mints
  • misguides
  • misinforms
  • misleads
  • misreports
  • misrepresents
  • misstates
  • molds
  • organizes
  • originates
  • palters
  • perjures
  • pictures
  • pieces
  • prefabricates
  • prevaricates
  • produces
  • puts together
  • puts up
  • raises
  • rears
  • reassembles
  • rebuilds
  • reconstructs
  • redevelops
  • reedifies
  • refashions
  • remakes
  • remanufactures
  • retrofits
  • sets up
  • shapes
  • slanders
  • snows
  • structures
  • takes in
  • throws up
  • traduces
  • tricks
  • trumps up
  • unites
  • visions
  • visualizes

fabricate

  • ad-lib
  • assemble
  • begin
  • beguile
  • brainstorm
  • build
  • carpenter
  • cobble up
  • coin
  • combine
  • come up with
  • compose
  • conceive
  • concoct
  • confect
  • constitute
  • construct
  • contrive
  • cook up
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • craft
  • create
  • daydream
  • deceive
  • defame
  • delude
  • design
  • devise
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • distort
  • dream
  • dream up
  • drum up
  • dupe
  • envisage
  • envision
  • equivocate
  • erect
  • establish
  • excogitate
  • extemporize
  • fake
  • falsify
  • fantasize
  • fashion
  • father
  • feign
  • fib
  • fit together
  • fool
  • foreswear
  • forge
  • form
  • formulate
  • forswear
  • found
  • frame
  • fudge
  • garble
  • generate
  • gull
  • hammer
  • handcraft
  • hatch
  • head trip
  • hew
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • imagine
  • improvise
  • inaugurate
  • initiate
  • innovate
  • institute
  • invent
  • jerry-build
  • jive
  • join
  • kid
  • knock out
  • knock together
  • libel
  • lie
  • make
  • make like
  • make up
  • manufacture
  • mint
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • misreport
  • misrepresent
  • misstate
  • mix
  • mold
  • organize
  • originate
  • palter
  • perjure
  • picture
  • piece
  • piece together
  • prefab
  • prefabricate
  • pretend
  • prevaricate
  • produce
  • put together
  • put up
  • raise
  • rear
  • reassemble
  • rebuild
  • reconstruct
  • redevelop
  • reedify
  • refashion
  • remake
  • remanufacture
  • retrofit
  • set up
  • shape
  • slander
  • snow
  • structure
  • take in
  • think up
  • throw together
  • throw up
  • traduce
  • trick
  • trump up
  • turn out
  • unite
  • vision
  • visualize
  • whip up
  • whomp up

abridged

  • abated
  • abbreviated
  • abrupt
  • abstracted
  • boiled down
  • breviloquent
  • brief
  • broken
  • canned
  • capsule
  • clear
  • compact
  • compendiary
  • compendious
  • compressed
  • concentrated
  • concise
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • crisp
  • crude
  • curt
  • curtailed
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut-back
  • de-escalated
  • decreased
  • defective
  • deficient
  • deflated
  • digested
  • diminished
  • diminutive
  • docked
  • downsized
  • dwindled
  • economized
  • elided
  • encapsulated
  • ephemeral
  • epigrammatic
  • epitomized
  • expurgated
  • fast
  • fleeting
  • fractional
  • fragmentary
  • garbled
  • half-done
  • immature
  • imperfect
  • impermanent
  • in a nutshell
  • inadequate
  • incoherent
  • insufficient
  • interpreted
  • itsy-bitsy
  • lacking
  • laconic
  • lean
  • lessened
  • little
  • lowered
  • made plain
  • marrowy
  • meager
  • meaty
  • miniature
  • miniaturized
  • minute
  • moderated
  • modified
  • momentary
  • pared
  • part
  • partial
  • peewee
  • pint-sized
  • pithy
  • pocket
  • pocket-size
  • pocket-sized
  • portable
  • pruned
  • recapitulated
  • reduced
  • retrenched
  • rough
  • rude
  • rudimentary
  • scaled-down
  • short
  • short and sweet
  • short-lived
  • short-range
  • short-term
  • shortened
  • shortish
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • sketchy
  • slashed
  • small
  • subtracted
  • succinct
  • sudden
  • summarized
  • summary
  • summed up
  • syncopated
  • synoptic
  • tabloid
  • tapered
  • terse
  • tiny
  • to the point
  • transient
  • transitory
  • trimmed
  • truncated
  • unaccomplished
  • uncomplicated
  • unconsummated
  • under construction
  • undeveloped
  • undone
  • unexecuted
  • unpolished
  • wee

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