(tell untruth)
61lie — Synonyms and related words: aim, aspect, attitude, azimuth, be found, be located, be met with, be present, be situated, be there, be untruthful, bearing, bearings, beguile, bent, blague, bouncer, canard, carry, celestial navigation, cheat, cock… …
62tale — Synonyms and related words: account, aggregate, all, amount, anecdotage, anecdote, back fence gossip, backbiting, backstabbing, be all and end all, belittlement, blague, box score, calumny, canard, cast, chitchat, chronicle, cock and bull story,… …
63lying — {{11}}lying (1) early 13c., action of LIE (Cf. lie) (v.2) to recline. Lying in being in childbed is attested from mid 15c. {{12}}lying (2) c.1300 (n.), action of LIE (Cf. lie) (v.1) to tell an untruth …
64fable — I. n. 1. Story (fictitious), tale, parable, apologue, allegory, myth, legend. 2. Plot, action, series of events. 3. Fiction, falsehood, lie, untruth, forgery, invention, fabrication, figment, coinage of the brain. II. v. n. Tell fables, make… …
65fib — I. n. (Colloq. and euphemistic.) Lie, falsehood, intentional untruth. II. v. n. (Colloq. and euphemistic.) Lie, tell a lie …
66lie — I. n. 1. Falsehood, malicious or deliberate falsification, intentional untruth, criminal falsehood, suggestio falsi, suppressio veri, fib (humorous euphemism). 2. Delusion, illusion, fleeting show. II. v. n. 1. Falsify, fib, tell a lie. 2.… …
67libel — 1. noun she sued two newspapers for libel Syn: defamation, defamation of character, character assassination, calumny, misrepresentation, scandalmongering; aspersions, denigration, vilification, disparagement, derogation, insult, slander,… …
68perjure — perjure, forswear are comparable when they mean to violate one s oath or, when used reflexively, to make a false swearer of oneself. In general use perjure is often employed less precisely than in law, where it is a technical term meaning to make …
69Ffable — n 1. apologue, allegory, parable, moral, bestiary; nursery rhyme, fairytale, ballad, rhyme, song. 2. fiction, tale, tall tale or story, Inf. yarn, story, adventure. 3. legend, myth, tradition, old wives tale; lay, epic, saga, chronicle, Fr. roman …
70fake — v 1. counterfeit, invent, forge, fabricate, manufacture, Brit. coin; concoct, hatch, create, make up; lie, fib, tell a lie or fib or story. 2. falsify, alter, modify; whitewash, disguise, color, paint a rosy picture, doctor up, gloss or varnish… …
