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Verb
To hide or conceal something by placing something over it
To keep something a secret
To suppress or hide a secret or piece of information
To blend, color, or conceal by applying pigments using a fine spray mist
To fasten or close (something), especially so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
To wrap or cover something
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
To downplay or minimize the severity of something
To bury in a grave
To protect from attack, harm or danger
To put on one's clothes (from a state of undress)
To give a false or misleading account of the nature of
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
Noun
An act involving fraud or deception
Something serving to hide or disguise something
The action of suppressing or withholding information
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
An excuse or pretext to avoid a commitment or responsibility
A lie, or an instance of telling a lie
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Verb
▲
To hide or conceal something by placing something over it
cover
hide
conceal
shroud
cloak
veil
obscure
mask
blanket
bury
disguise
cache
forcover
occult
screen
enshroud
shield
envelop
camouflage
secrete
ensconce
suppress
curtain
paper over
blot out
belie
sheathe
obstruct
mantle
stash
shade
block out
wrap
encase
shadow
muffle
adumbrate
obnubilate
stow away
shutter
block off
stonewall
blind
put out of sight
seclude
dress up
beard
front
board up
do on the sly
smother
stop something being overheard
bush up
stifle
shelter
hem
shut out
wall off
close
separate
shut in
gird
umbrage
shut off
tuck away
eclipse
sequester
overshadow
block
keep under wraps
squirrel
plant
stow
harbour
UK
hide out
hide away
harbor
US
secure
stash away
squirrel away
befog
cloud
blur
fog
mist
haze
keep out of sight
benight
hinder
blacken
bemist
obliterate
blear
overcast
dim
blank out
overcloud
darken
pettifog
dislimn
murk
cast a shadow over
becloud
bedim
encompass
surround
enclose
swathe
enfold
enwrap
engulf
cocoon
embrace
swaddle
enswathe
embosom
embower
wrap up
inclose
circumfuse
involve
bower
invest
lap
bosom
wrap around
superimpose
overspread
roll
drape
overlay
more ❯
“There were no signs of the make-up that Sam had used to
cover up
her blemishes.”
Verb
▲
To keep something a secret
conceal
hide
suppress
whitewash
keep secret
hush up
keep dark
paper over
sweep under the rug
sweep under the carpet
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
gloss over
keep the lid on
keep under wraps
veil
mask
cover
cloak
disguise
obscure
screen
camouflage
belie
blanket
dissemble
blot out
keep quiet about
stifle
shroud
occult
withhold
smother
curtain
keep under your hat
sugarcoat
sit on
dress up
put up a front
secrete
censor
repress
enshroud
obfuscate
stonewall
masquerade
bottle up
befog
not breathe a word of
not tell
burke
hold back
keep quiet
veneer
keep hidden
keep back
shield
airbrush
feign
fake
sham
simulate
squash
redact
affect
gag
bluff
muzzle
canopy
dissimulate
palliate
minimize
US
hide from view
hush
keep to yourself
put on a front
put up a smoke screen
minimise
UK
keep unknown
harbour
UK
put on a false front
not disclose
falsify
not divulge
keep mum about
drape
put on an act
harbor
US
cover over
downplay
block out
reserve
keep cover
not give away
wallpaper
varnish
bury
keep in the dark
swallow
choke back
sink
give a false idea of
give a false account of
muffle
put up a smokescreen
make up
make inconspicuous
finesse
obliterate
blank out
beard
overlay
launder
dim
throw on makeup
becloud
varnish over
black out
misrepresent
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
de-emphasize
extenuate
pretend
protect
counterfeit
act
assume
profess
pose
posture
pull a veil over
lie
doublespeak
let on
pussyfoot
hide one's feelings
make out
put on
pass for
shuck and jive
four-flush
make like
play possum
mislead
play-act
pass off as
deceive
be dishonest
double-talk
mute
withhold from
fail to disclose
keep from
dummy up
clam up
keep something from someone
keep silent about
more ❯
“In his efforts to destroy, he, however, has failed to
cover up
his true aim, that of revenge.”
Verb
▲
To suppress or hide a secret or piece of information
bottle up
repress
suppress
hide
conceal
contain
control
stifle
swallow
withhold
box up
check
cork
hold back
hold down
inhibit
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
restrain
smother
curb
hold in
choke back
keep back
keep in
rein in
bite back
shut in
fight back
keep a lid on
keep in check
button up
cork up
muffle
bridle
deaden
strangle
put a lid on
muzzle
hold in check
silence
keep under control
sink
keep a rein on
submerge
pocket
constrain
restrict
limit
regulate
tame
hold
govern
impede
retard
hinder
moderate
keep
measure
rule
put a brake on
pull in
stem the flow of
slow down
obstruct
thwart
hamper
bar
trammel
block
prevent
frustrate
foil
fetter
stem
reduce
curtail
rein
baulk
UK
gag
keep within bounds
keep down
keep the lid on
keep lid on
deny
interfere with
cool off
tie up
balk
US
straiten
put half nelson on
dampen
cool
rein back
sit on
bring under control
kill
stay
crack down
pull back
keep in line
stop
handicap
encumber
stymie
cramp
hold off
shackle
internalise
UK
internalize
US
mull over
stew
hobble
clog
handcuff
manacle
slow
embarrass
subdue
stall
prohibit
discipline
freeze
peg
deter
avert
interdict
debar
entrammel
forbid
outlaw
sandbag
faze
enjoin
box in
cool down
put the brakes on
cut back
put a limit on
keep tight rein on
bring to screeching halt
keep a tight rein on
ward
put on brakes
hog-tie
hang up
hold up
throw a spanner in the works
short-circuit
delay
pause
neutralize
US
terminate
squelch
interrupt
cut short
bottleneck
staunch
counteract
repulse
discourage
play for time
choke
put a spoke in someone's wheel
rebuff
stand in the way of
nip in the bud
circumvent
neutralise
UK
slacken pace
brake
bring to a standstill
checkmate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To blend, color, or conceal by applying pigments using a fine spray mist
spraypaint
blend
colour
UK
color
US
conceal
doctor
mask
paint
spray
airbrush
blend in
touch up
stain
tinge
tint
tincture
pigment
shade
bepaint
wash
dye
coat
roller
brush
undercoat
put on coats
spray-paint
apply paint to
gloss
cover
distemper
whitewash
gloss over
slap on
Verb
▲
To fasten or close (something), especially so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
board up
secure
close
shutter
fasten
clamp
fix
bolt
chain
bind
tie
rivet
tether
lash
batten
fasten securely
seal
fasten down
clasp
make fast
lock
tighten
batten down
lock up
shut
padlock
seal up
stick down
close up
Verb
▲
To wrap or cover something
muffle
envelop
shroud
swathe
wrap
enclose
encompass
enfold
enshroud
veil
enswathe
enwrap
cocoon
embrace
inclose
mantle
embosom
embower
bosom
bower
cloak
circumfuse
invest
involve
lap
swaddle
wrap up
cover
bind
bale
bunch
protect
pack
encase
sheathe
surround
fold
wind
drape
bundle up
bandage
pad
clothe
encircle
entwine
furl
twist
overlay
turn
imbricate
shingle
bundle
muffle up
cosset
truss
lock
cradle
twine
roll up
conceal
mask
engulf
pall
envelope
immerse
girdle
pave
obnubilate
circle
soundproof
lag
heatproof
cushion
tape
inlay
coat
insulate
line
wad
make shockproof
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
misinform
deceive
fool
delude
hoodwink
mislead
misguide
beguile
bluff
con
dupe
misdirect
bamboozle
disinform
hoax
misstate
prevaricate
snooker
trick
cozen
sucker
doublespeak
gaff
hornswoggle
lie
misrepresent
snow
buffalo
burn
distort
fabricate
gammon
have
humbug
juggle
pervert
propagandise
UK
propagandize
US
spoof
catch
gull
mousetrap
lead astray
lie to
take in
double-talk
have on
string along
fake out
lead on
put on
suck in
do a number on
pull one's leg
put on an act
put on false front
take for a ride
bait and switch
give wrong information to
lead down the garden path
lead up the garden path
put on the wrong track
put up smoke screen
give someone a bum steer
pull the wool over someone's eyes
throw off the scent
send on a wild goose chase
wrong steer
scam
bilk
hose
swindle
illude
cheat
inveigle
shaft
bunk
defraud
fudge
kid
outfox
rook
betray
ensnare
victimize
US
jive
victimise
UK
overreach
caboodle
bait
entangle
enmesh
impose on
outwit
rip off
rope in
double-cross
put one over on
pull a fast one on
pull a swifty on
play trick on
give the wrong impression
lead up garden path
diddle
stiff
flimflam
sting
do
fleece
finagle
mulct
screw
euchre
fiddle
hustle
shortchange
chisel
beat
entrap
skin
bunco
bleed
take advantage of
stick
short
chouse
pluck
ream
take to the cleaners
swizzle
sharp
squeeze
skunk
sell a pup to
thimblerig
shake down
nobble
do in
chicane
seduce
outmaneuver
US
exploit
outmanoeuvre
UK
sandbag
milk
befool
make a fool of
lure
juke
stitch up
sell
circumvent
do the dirty on
embezzle
fox
outsmart
trap
clip
take
fake
baffle
bewilder
gazump
entice
tempt
set up
outdo
outslick
pull a fast one
sell down the river
double-deal
outjockey
defeat
top
cross
outthink
goldbrick
gouge
falsify
wheedle
rob
shuck
outguess
outgeneral
cap
swizz
confuse
goose
worst
jip
get the better of
two-time
screw over
steal a march on
allure
end run
figure out
sell a pup
induce
solicit
jockey
outplay
coax
cajole
backstab
hook
manipulate
pull
decoy
frame
thwart
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
trim
disappoint
steer
equivocate
fail
catch out
jerk around
gaslight
out-think
run a game on
play for a sucker
pull fast one
perjure
sell out
forswear
four-flush
be unfaithful to
be cleverer than
run rings round
make rings round
double deal
be disloyal to
do out of
stab in the back
let down
stretch the truth
play someone false
break faith with
commit perjury
do someone in the eye
throw dust in someone's eyes
be economical with the truth
bear false witness
sell a bill of goods to
deke
sham
blag
finesse
play
corrupt
use
lull
stump
psych out
pilfer
throw
play away
cross up
take for a fool
play games with
take to cleaners
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
overcharge
fix
extort
play a trick on
steal
best
sway
contrive
butty
string on
pull wool over
play-act
dally
trifle
make a sucker of
toy
play for a fool
poke borack
wanton
hand a line
wangle
impress
hocus-pocus
bleed dry
pull someone's leg
wile
do number on
sucker into
flam
rush
bias
slip something over on
sweet-talk
do someone dirty
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
be sold a pup
sell a bill of goods
toll
fascinate
persuade
toy with
trifle with
dally with
play with
snare
short-change
make use of
lie under oath
swear falsely
ensorcell
tout
play fast and loose with
give the runaround
send on a wild-goose chase
go back on
stretch the rules
play dirty
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
take out
fast talk
split
give bum steer
break the rules
be disloyal
be dishonest
step out
give the shaft
misrepresent the truth
come on
distort the truth
betray one's true intentions
play games
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
beclown
twist around your little finger
draw
invite
bribe
troll
catfish
make a monkey of
make a monkey out of
make somebody look an idiot
outperform
come on to
sweep off feet
fib
go one better than
dissimulate
exaggerate
pretend
dissemble
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
tell an untruth
tell a falsehood
tell stories
be untruthful
tell a lie
concoct a story
depart from the truth
not speak the truth
make up a story
break promise
forswear oneself
say something untrue
not tell the truth
fake it
perjure oneself
tell untruths
be forsworn
BS
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
make believe
lack candor
put up a front
tell a white lie
tell a terminological inexactitude
more ❯
Verb
▲
To downplay or minimize the severity of something
sugarcoat
downplay
minimise
UK
minimize
US
whitewash
mitigate
lessen
qualify
prettify
extenuate
justify
palliate
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
understate
make light of
play down
candy-coat
gild the pill
sugarcoat the pill
tone down
soften up
brush something under the carpet
de-emphasize
explain away
gloss over
soft-pedal
belie
gloss
varnish
brush aside
smooth over
gloze over
shrug off
underplay
moderate
underemphasize
euphemize
subdue
shush
put on the soft pedal
mince words
blue-pencil
set no store by
hush-hush
set little store by
go easy
make little of
make nothing of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bury in a grave
inhume
bury
entomb
inter
sepulchre
UK
tomb
inearth
lay
ensepulcher
ensepulchre
enshrine
hearse
inurn
mummify
sepulcher
US
sepulture
deposit
plant
lay to rest
place in a tomb
place six feet under
put six feet under
consign to grave
consign to the grave
earth up
hold last rites for
hold services for
put away
lay out
deep-six
put in the ground
encoffin
coffin
Verb
▲
To protect from attack, harm or danger
shield
protect
defend
guard
safeguard
secure
screen
shelter
cover
preserve
bulwark
keep
ward
save
forfend
fend
harbor
US
fence
conserve
harbour
UK
insulate
cushion
inoculate
house
shade
wrap
conceal
haven
stonewall
roof
shotgun
chamber
keep safe
keep from harm
afford protection to
ward off
provide protection for
ride shotgun
cover all bases
take under one's wing
give cover
give shelter
go to bat for
hedge
surround
enclose
hide
cover for
watch over
give refuge
take care of
provide safety
look after
fortify
watch
care for
mind
maintain
avert
give sanctuary
tend
garrison
uphold
assure
stand up for
support
insure
stick up for
barricade
escort
police
foster
ensure
stand guard over
prevent
cocoon
hold back
keep an eye on
suppress
chaperon
occupy
patrol
oversee
sentinel
man
immunise
UK
immunize
US
withhold
mount guard on
stand guard on
alibi
overlook
stand guard
stave off
secrete
fend off
save from harm
make invulnerable
guard against
assure the safety of
relieve
preside over
attend to
see to
give sanctuary to
be in charge of
give an alibi to
give asylum to
provide refuge
provide with an alibi
give shelter to
provide a refuge for
strengthen
sustain
cloister
bolster
keep from
halt
salvage
take someone under your wing
make safe
stop
retain
reclaim
arrest
retrieve
keep in good condition
picket
champion
rescue
make immune
thwart
intercept
foil
wrap up in cotton wool
supply with troops
cherish
keep intact
keep in repair
rule
guide
make sound
make impregnable
nanny
mother
chaperone
keep guard on
take out insurance
be responsible for
have charge of
fight for
keep a lookout over
convoy
guarantee
take out insurance cover
persevere with
minister to
repel
repulse
block
weatherproof
weatherize
check
sit with
manage
guaranty
cinch
ice
hold off
supervise
run
handle
administrate
oppose
resist
warrant
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
govern
operate
superintend
control
indemnify
hold
withstand
underwrite
fight off
defend oneself against
regulate
direct
steward
keep at bay
keep at arm's length
till
conduct
register
attend
keep tabs on
beat off
take in
provide sanctuary
repel danger
be the defender of
hold at bay
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put on one's clothes (from a state of undress)
dress
clothe oneself
get dressed
slip into clothes
don clothes
put on clothes
wear clothes
wear some clothes
Verb
▲
To give a false or misleading account of the nature of
misrepresent
distort
misstate
falsify
manipulate
pervert
fudge
warp
twist
garble
cook
misinterpret
color
US
slant
bend
misreport
misrelate
bias
disguise
misquote
belie
colour
UK
overstate
embroider
embellish
exaggerate
adulterate
skew
confuse
overdraw
strain
con
lie
angle
mangle
snow
equivocate
miscolor
palter
prevaricate
promote
conceal
cloak
dress
mask
puff
stretch
parody
travesty
quote out of context
put a spin on
take out of context
trump up
phony up
give a false account of
blow smoke
build up
give a false idea of
pass off
alter
doctor
change
fake
tamper with
rig
fiddle
massage
fix
interfere with
tinker with
juggle
fiddle with
forge
misconstrue
modify
spin
corrupt
contort
transform
amend
muddle
mistranslate
deceive
misrender
mislead
misattribute
meddle with
mess about with
put words in someone's mouth
fabricate
prejudice
counterfeit
influence
magnify
whitewash
varnish
pad
put the wrong slant on
quote incorrectly
cook the books
doctor up
weight
give a false impression of
shape
mold
US
mould
UK
tamper
weigh
patch
slur
jumble
blur
obscure
cook up
mix up
fib
twist around
diddle
finagle
flimflam
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
twist someone's words
trim
shuffle
rearrange
dissimulate
hyperbolize
debase
vitiate
affect
poison
airbrush
gloss
deacon
revamp
edit
rework
revise
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
subvert
desecrate
cut
alloy
change round
manipulate one's words
fake it
frame up
make alterations to
make changes to
make adjustments to
perform magic
elaborate on
gloss over
touch up
varnish over
give a false picture of
degrade
taint
sway
defile
bastardize
US
contaminate
prepossess
bastardise
UK
demean
abase
deprave
cheapen
debauch
spoil
dilute
profane
convert
foul
pollute
deteriorate
demoralize
US
lessen
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
predispose
prostitute
canker
engineer
weaken
orient
trick
turn
jaundice
impair
demoralise
UK
make partial
present
impact
condition
gerrymander
swindle
arrange
disrupt
undercut
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
embitter
give a bias to
arrange fraudulently
throw
faze
upset
steer
injure
mar
give a slant to
give a particular slant to
envenom
mock up
make biased
induce
persuade
incline
make partisan
impress
dispose
lace
infect
sully
exert an influence on
have an effect on
metamorphose
putrefy
switch
devalue
disgrace
shame
adapt
mutate
brutalize
US
bestialize
depreciate
transmute
deform
recast
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
make impure
hack
machinate
drag down
morph
exploit
finesse
cheat
circumvent
outmanoeuvre
UK
bilk
dupe
jockey
mastermind
bamboozle
wangle
scam
outmaneuver
US
defraud
find a loophole in
fudge with
exploit a loophole in
snooker
game
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Verb
▲
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
equivocate
tergiversate
prevaricate
waffle
pussyfoot
fudge
dodge
hedge
flannel
fence
weasel
sidestep
evade
quibble
stall
temporise
UK
temporize
US
parry
stonewall
shuffle
cavil
palter
con
jive
adumbrate
fib
lie
pettifog
subtilize
shilly-shally
be evasive
be non-committal
dodge the issue
parry questions
beat about the bush
evade the issue
hum and haw
fudge the issue
be vague
hem and haw
sit on the fence
duck the question
shuffle about
cop out
duck the issue
pussyfoot around
beat around the bush
avoid the issue
be ambiguous
mince words
beg the question
blow hot and cold
double-talk
stall for time
run around
straddle the fence
cop a plea
pass the buck
cloud the issue
give run around
tell white lie
mince matters
vacillate
duck
sidestep the issue
avoid
shuck
circumvent
shirk
balk
US
hesitate
tergiverse
give the runaround
baulk
UK
dance around an issue
worm one's way out of
be noncommittal
shift focus
flip-flop
ramble
shift
skirt
falsify
misrepresent
blather
skirt the issue
play it close to the vest
shift ground about
waver
fast-talk
back and fill
dance around
dodge the question
straddle an issue
play your cards close to your chest
give nothing away
shuffle around
give the run around
be indecisive
hedge your bets
bypass
elude
eschew
welsh
renege
flee
not pay
not give a straight answer to
fend off
cop out of
skirt round
beat around bush
get out of
find a way round
be equivocal about
beat about the bush about
be evasive about
quibble about
avoid answering
get around
put off
sneak away
slip out
escape
shake
beat
shortcut
skip
juke
ditch
body-swerve
steer clear of
skip out on
give a wide berth to
give the slip
go around
shake off
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act involving fraud or deception
cheat
fraud
deception
swindle
con
trick
hoax
ruse
scam
artifice
flimflam
wile
dodge
sting
imposture
deceit
sham
subterfuge
stratagem
bunco
trickery
hustle
racket
chicanery
blind
humbug
spoof
stunt
sell
whitewash
fix
jive
baloney
frame
jazz
plant
wrong
bamboozlement
cozening
hoaxing
rip-off
double-dealing
put-on
leg-pull
shell game
Trojan horse
hanky-panky
snow job
dirty trick
con game
fast one
fast shuffle
dirty pool
run around
shady deal
bill of goods
device
scheme
manoeuvre
UK
machination
maneuver
US
feint
pretence
UK
contrivance
gimmick
pretense
US
bluff
grift
shift
game
pretext
fetch
wheeze
rort
fake
canard
trap
lurk
fastie
misrepresentation
snare
illusion
lie
flanker
chicane
rig
schlenter
decoy
stall
catch
hokum
bilk
shuck
ride
set-up
con trick
confidence trick
mare's nest
cover-up
confidence game
fiddle
bunko
diddle
cheating
ploy
shakedown
kite
boondoggle
hocus-pocus
sharp practice
swizz
swizzle
blackmail
kidology
codology
double-cross
bit of sharp practice
gambit
sleight
expedient
dishonesty
imposition
duping
ramp
extortion
embezzlement
swindling
exploitation
fraudulence
crime
pretension
twist
craft
hoodwinking
smokescreen
intrigue
quackery
dirty work
fraudulent scheme
skulduggery
smoke and mirrors
skullduggery
crooked deal
funny business
monkey business
piece of deception
put-up job
sellout
tactic
plan
graft
play
wangle
sweet talk
soft soap
dupe
mockery
overcharging
rip
insincerity
charlatanry
hosing
sanctimoniousness
bait
delusion
posturing
daylight robbery
gold brick
hypocrisy
cover
distraction
cant
masquerade
bad deal
falsity
evasion
hocus
bad buy
caper
Tartufferie
duck
falseness
deceptiveness
prank
rip off
phoneyness
barratry
criminality
string
monkeyshine
sucker game
villainy
rug pull
roguery
knavery
stealing
foul play
lies
propaganda
bad deed
mock attack
red herring
make-believe
dirty deeds
empty talk
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
hoky-poky
cruel act
snake oil
wooden nickel
song and dance
cunning
guile
duplicity
deviousness
craftiness
legerdemain
frame-up
double cross
artfulness
wiles
sophistry
slyness
underhandedness
shenanigans
jugglery
dissimulation
dupery
management
joke
fourberie
tricks
gamesmanship
jiggery-pokery
bait and switch
sleight of hand
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something serving to hide or disguise something
blanket
cloak
mask
cover
front
blind
shield
cover-up
mantle
screen
shroud
veil
camouflage
covering
disguise
pretext
veneer
cope
coverture
curtain
hood
pall
penumbra
robe
wraps
façade
layer
pretence
UK
pretense
US
smokescreen
facade
smoke screen
smoke and mirrors
guise
masquerade
false front
cloud
semblance
canopy
sheet
show
dissimulation
red herring
put-on
concealment
deception
fig leaf
envelope
act
charade
shade
simulation
pose
shadow
faking
overlay
airs
subterfuge
playacting
face
feint
counterfeit
make-believe
gloom
darkness
film
column
cloth
wall
ruse
beard
pretension
air
affectation
con
deceit
trick
imposture
appearance
pretentiousness
dissembling
trickery
masking
dress
wrapper
play-acting
illusion
disguisement
pageant
cape
blur
costume
mist
haze
coat
coating
coverup
suppression
gown
carpet
wrap
kaftan
window-dressing
visage
thickness
aspect
posture
false colours
window dressing
surface
skin
sheath
mat
bed
whitewash
fleece
diversion
fakery
cloud of smoke
wall of smoke
decoy
hoax
forgery
impersonation
mummery
bluff
jive
phoniness
lie
flimflam
personation
color
US
colour
UK
revel
burlesque
sell
humbug
sham
spoof
fiction
snow job
feigning
imitation
smoke
put-up job
excuse
ploy
device
grounds
stratagem
alibi
cover story
stall
cop-out
song and dance
alleged reason
routine
supposed grounds
ostensible reason
false excuse
display
false display
image
impression
outward appearance
exterior
look
gloss
misrepresentation
artifice
posturing
false show
false appearance
fake
fabrication
falsification
false colors
simulacrum
public image
mien
showing
parody
schtick
invention
travesty
snivel
coloring
US
posing
insincerity
colouring
UK
false pretense
dumb act
double-dealing
likeness
shuffling
stunt
ostentation
garb
evasion
acting
hokum
scheme
form
expression
role
bearing
attitude
carriage
figure
hypocrisy
wile
disguising
false face
shamming
falsehood
performance
name
seeming
farce
manner
mockery
fakeness
frontage
countenance
demeanour
UK
outward display
artificiality
mere façade
presentation
shell
outside
mannerism
manifestation
character
demeanor
US
attitudinizing
attractive appearance
stand
shape
mode
profession
suggestion
claim
effect
fantasy
closeting
daydreaming
personality
identity
part
a scene
an act
exaggeration
misstatement
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
contrivance
move
deceptive mask
stance
smoke-screen
portrayal
dissemblance
outward show
delusion
expedient
dodge
machination
chaser
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
dissimilation
self
approximation
outward
a put-on
resemblance
personage
person
sweet talk
soft soap
a put-up job
shuck and jive
dreaming
external appearance
outward form
pretending
similitude
alikeness
mood
similarity
affinity
aura
feel
feeling
persona
public face
assumed role
fancy
imagination
unreality
self-deception
duplicity
dishonesty
guile
lying
cunning
dupery
piousness
deceptiveness
bluffing
crookery
cant
foxiness
wiliness
craftiness
cozenage
concealing
counterfeiting
cunningness
craft
crookedness
cheating
fraud
guilefulness
deceitfulness
hiding
shrouding
veiling
codology
kidology
vizard
visor
domino
stocking mask
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of suppressing or withholding information
withholding
concealment
censorship
wraps
silencing
suppression
cover-up
veil of secrecy
conspiracy of silence
covering up
hushing up
keeping secret
hiding
stifling
banning
gagging
muzzling
smothering
outlawing
proscription
stonewalling
restriction
non-disclosure
keeping hidden
misprision
whitewash
dissimulation
smoke screen
fig leaf
red herring
front
veil
burial
secretion
disguise
hush-up
-gate
placing under wraps
seal of secrecy
Noun
▲
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
equivocation
dissimulation
deception
duplicity
fallacy
misrepresentation
sophistry
spuriousness
amphibology
amphiboly
deceit
deceptiveness
distortion
doublespeak
fibbing
speciousness
circumlocution
delusion
fib
indirectness
lie
lying
stonewall
waffle
casuistry
colouring
UK
coloring
US
con
cover
flannel
line
paltering
stall
waffling
beating about the bush
cover-up
double entendre
double meaning
double talk
pussyfooting around
run-around
song and dance
weasel words
cop out
quibbling routine
prevarication
evasion
spin
hedge
shuffling
tergiversation
weasel word
hedging
fudge
cop-out
chicanery
misleading
fooling
duping
tricking
trickery
deluding
sophism
oversubtleness
fudging
subtlety
excuse
fallaciousness
casuistics
quibbling
legalism
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
trick
justification
specious reasoning
overgeneral reasoning
unsound reasoning
twisting the facts
more ❯
Noun
▲
An excuse or pretext to avoid a commitment or responsibility
cop-out
excuse
justification
defence
UK
reason
defense
US
explanation
cover
pretence
UK
pretense
US
pretext
vindication
extenuation
grounds
mitigation
rationalisation
UK
rationalization
US
front
palliation
argument
basis
expedient
get-out
cover-up
mitigating circumstances
ostensible reason
way around
plea
line
why and wherefore
subterfuge
cover story
fabrication
apologia
coverup
song and dance
story
fish story
cause
good reason
routine
alibi
whitewash
evasion
disguise
apology
more ❯
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▲
A lie, or an instance of telling a lie
falsehood
lie
untruth
fabrication
fib
falsity
falsification
prevarication
story
whopper
fiction
mendacity
invention
porky
fable
taradiddle
tarradiddle
pretence
UK
pretense
US
tale
yarn
sham
distortion
canard
figment
misstatement
hogwash
line
fraud
untruism
fakery
feigning
fibbery
fairy tale
trumped-up story
fake news
tall story
piece of fiction
fairy story
white lie
made-up story
tall tale
alternative fact
barefaced lie
flight of fancy
red herring
little white lie
terminological inexactitude
cock and bull story
figment of the imagination
departure from the truth
porky pie
pork pie
false statement
half truth
cock-and-bull story
cover-up
false report
deception
exaggeration
misrepresentation
myth
half-truth
pretext
fantasy
dissimulation
disinformation
ruse
deceit
misinformation
dishonesty
crock
illusion
bulldust
wile
delusion
fancy
trickery
fallacy
concoction
hallucination
error
misconception
coloring
US
rumor
US
rumour
UK
misbelief
colouring
UK
stratagem
jazz
fraudulence
fish story
phantasy
inaccuracy
kidology
deceitfulness
baloney
subterfuge
hoax
artifice
lies
propaganda
hypocrisy
hyperbole
slant
misjudgement
misjudgment
stretch
shamming
dissembling
caricature
duplicity
imagination
treachery
lying
dream
smoke
daydream
perjury
guise
fake
untruthfulness
conceit
fudging
adulteration
phantasm
vision
overstatement
chimera
US
forgery
unreality
gossip
improvisation
fantasm
detraction
perversion
nonentity
creation
twisting
bubble
embroidery
amplification
twist
elaboration
rant
romance
shaggy-dog story
mutilation
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
manipulation
economy with the truth
jive
enlargement
chimaera
UK
emphasis
doctoring
alteration
tampering
excess
figment of imagination
extravagance
boasting
false light
exaltation
pipe dream
song and dance
aggrandizement
US
hyperbolism
not a true picture
aggrandisement
UK
figure of speech
angler's tale
pishogue
whisper
whitewash
malarkey
bunk
nancy story
fibbing
guile
quibbling
evasiveness
equivocation
falseness
spuriousness
persuasion
backbiting
evasion
excuse
scandal
unreliability
prepared speech
one for the birds
big lie
nonsense
deviation from the truth
front
disregard for the facts
fibs
creativity
old wivesʼ tale
conspiracy theory
hooey
unrealism
urban legend
urban myth
superstition
semblance
purple prose
apologue
slanting
bias
misleading statement
disguise
opus
claptrap
artifact
US
work
artefact
UK
misreporting
made up story
suppressio veri
confusing statement
mask
misapprehension
debasement
cover
spin
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
mistaken belief
false notion
stretching
fiddling
changing
fictitious story
mirage
change
tinkering
apparition
misimpression
confusion
trip
seeming
image
mockery
idea
sensation
sense
feeling
rainbow
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
poetic license
US
poetic licence
UK
false colors
overestimation
false impression
tall talk
magnification
overemphasis
self-deception
false belief
make-believe
mistaken impression
ignis fatuus
head trip
castles in Spain
fool's paradise
castles in the air
imagining
castle in the air
sophistry
speciousness
deceptiveness
casuistry
chicanery
amphibology
amphiboly
waffle
stonewall
stall
con
double talk
double meaning
cop out
farfetched story
run-around
double entendre
quibbling routine
doublespeak
embellishment
indirectness
circumlocution
calumny
waffling
flannel
paltering
misreport
obfuscation
unlikely story
pussyfooting around
weasel words
beating about the bush
incredible story
unbelievable tale
fanciful tale
exaggerated story
false rumour
false information
bending of the truth
false trail
bum steer
misleading information
sophism
oversubtleness
casuistics
subtlety
fallaciousness
shuffling
hedge
legalism
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
trick
justification
unsound reasoning
twisting the facts
specious reasoning
overgeneral reasoning
hedging
tergiversation
weasel word
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