inveracity
51misstatement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. error, mistake; misrepresentation, perversion, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exaggeration, distortion, falsity; see error 1 , mistake 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. misrepresentation,… …
52perjury — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. false swearing, falsehood, perversion, forswearing, fraud. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. false statement, violation of an oath, willful falsehood; see lie 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY… …
53story — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tale, narrative, yarn; report, account, news article; plot; floor, stage, level. See description, news, layer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Imaginative writing] Syn. write up, fable, narrative, tale, myth,… …
54tale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. story, account, recital; count[ing], tally; report; fable, yarn, legend; rumor. See description, information. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A story] Syn. anecdote, fairy tale, folk tale; see story . 2. [A… …
55untruth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See deception, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. falsehood, misrepresentation, evasion, lie, prevarication, distortion, deceit, canard, trick, pretense, false appearance, gull, cheat, mistake,… …
56whopper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, shamefaced or barefaced lie. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Great lie, falsehood, fabrication, a big one*; see lie 1 , story . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. giant *mother of… …
57prevarication — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deception, dishonesty, falsehood; see lie 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The use or an instance of equivocal language: ambiguity, equivocation, equivoque, euphemism, hedge, shuffle, tergiversation, weasel word.… …
58canard — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An untrue declaration: cock and bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie2, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth. Informal: fish story, tall tale. Slang: whopper. See …
59cock-and-bull story — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An untrue declaration: canard, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie2, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth. Informal: fish story, tall tale. Slang: whopper. See TRUE …
60falsity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Betrayal, especially of a moral obligation: disloyalty, faithlessness, false heartedness, falseness, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, traitorousness, treacherousness, treachery, unfaithfulness. See CONTINUE,… …
