falsehood

English Thesaurus

1. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)

hypernym	:	dishonesty, knavery,
definition	:	lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing (noun.act)

hyponym	:	frame-up, setup,
definition	:	an act that incriminates someone on a false charge (noun.act)

hyponym	:	sophistication,
definition	:	falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies (noun.act)

hyponym	:	forgery,
definition	:	criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud (noun.act)

2. a false statement (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	statement,
definition	:	a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	dodge, dodging, scheme,
definition	:	a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	lie, prevarication,
definition	:	a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	fable, fabrication, fiction,
definition	:	a deliberately false or improbable account (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	deceit, deception, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	contradiction, contradiction in terms,
definition	:	(logic) a statement that is necessarily false (noun.communication)

3. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

4. a false statement (noun.communication)

antonym	:	true statement, truth,
definition	:	a true statement (noun.communication)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	falsify knowingly (verb.change)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	deliberately deceptive (adj.all)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality (adj.all)

5. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

6. a false statement (noun.communication)

antonym	:	true statement, truth,
definition	:	a true statement (noun.communication)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	falsify knowingly (verb.change)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	deliberately deceptive (adj.all)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality (adj.all)