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fib


These are words and phrases related to fib. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fib.

TO SAY SOMETHING NOT TRUE IN ORDER TO DECEIVE


I don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful.

Synonyms and examples


lie
All she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.
tell a lie
I cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.
lie through your teeth
informal
He lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.
mislead
I'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.
delude
He's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.
invent
There's no need to invent excuses for not going - just decline the invitation.
concoct
She concocted the wildest stories to get out of attending class.
feed someone a line
disapproving
He fed me some line about how his dog was sick and cancelled our date.
make something up
You never met The Beatles! You're just making that up.
fabricate
The suspects admited to having fabricated their alibis on the night of the robbery and were charged with grand theft.
distort
Reporters have distorted the facts of the case so badly, and influenced the jury through their bad reporting, that the judge has declared a mistrial.
twist
disapproving
She accused her opponent of twisting the truth about her time in Parliament.
misrepresent
I have been misrepresented by my opponent as a socialist when nothing could be further from the truth.
stretch the truth
I have published a book that sold very well, but it's stretching the truth to say that I was on the best-seller lists.
put something about/around
UKinformal
She put it about that her husband was going to be knighted.
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If you lie, you say something that is untrue in order to deceive someone.

fib | American Thesaurus


fib


noun
These are words and phrases related to fib. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fib.
That compliment was a fib, but it made her feel better.

Synonyms


harmless lie
half-truth
white lie
untruth
prevarication
misrepresentation
falsification
fiction
fabrication
invention

fib


verb
I fibbed and told him he'd be up and around in no time.

Synonyms


lie
tell a white lie
tell a half-truth
stretch the truth
prevaricate
equivocate
hedge
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