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fib
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Noun
A lie, typically an unimportant one
The act of evading or avoiding a clear and honest response
Verb
To tell a lie or something that is untrue
To strike or hit repeatedly
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
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▲
Noun
▲
A lie, typically an unimportant one
lie
fabrication
falsehood
untruth
falsity
prevarication
story
whopper
fiction
falsification
porky
mendacity
invention
fable
deception
tale
taradiddle
tarradiddle
exaggeration
yarn
misrepresentation
canard
line
crock
jazz
equivocation
evasiveness
untruthfulness
trumped-up story
fairy tale
tall story
fake news
fairy story
piece of fiction
white lie
half-truth
tall tale
made-up story
alternative fact
terminological inexactitude
departure from the truth
cock and bull story
little white lie
porky pie
pork pie
myth
pretence
UK
pretense
US
sham
red herring
barefaced lie
figment of the imagination
bulldust
cock-and-bull story
pretext
flight of fancy
disinformation
ruse
distortion
hogwash
concoction
figment
rumor
US
rumour
UK
misinformation
wile
trickery
stratagem
fantasy
deceit
untruism
dissimulation
misstatement
dishonesty
inaccuracy
propaganda
gossip
kidology
perjury
fish story
song and dance
illusion
fancy
fallacy
phantasy
imagination
smoke
hyperbole
lies
fake
forgery
detraction
fraud
shaggy-dog story
economy with the truth
fibbery
figment of imagination
false statement
false report
angler's tale
pishogue
whisper
bunk
nancy story
fudging
fibbing
guile
subterfuge
quibbling
whitewash
malarkey
fraudulence
falseness
excuse
evasion
backbiting
scandal
persuasion
one for the birds
hoax
fakery
prepared speech
feigning
nonsense
big lie
delusion
deviation from the truth
improvisation
error
fibs
disregard for the facts
misconception
creativity
urban myth
urban legend
conspiracy theory
hooey
unrealism
misbelief
hallucination
spin
calumny
sophistry
cover-up
half truth
superstition
chicanery
apologue
creation
misreport
obfuscation
made up story
farfetched story
unlikely story
fanciful tale
unbelievable tale
false information
false rumour
mistaken belief
false notion
bending of the truth
false trail
opus
artifact
US
jive
work
claptrap
fictitious story
artefact
UK
bum steer
misleading information
poetic license
US
poetic licence
UK
coloring
US
colouring
UK
deceitfulness
baloney
artifice
hypocrisy
slant
misjudgement
misjudgment
stretch
shamming
dissembling
caricature
duplicity
treachery
lying
dream
daydream
guise
conceit
adulteration
phantasm
vision
overstatement
chimera
US
unreality
fantasm
perversion
nonentity
twisting
bubble
embroidery
amplification
twist
elaboration
rant
romance
mutilation
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
manipulation
enlargement
chimaera
UK
emphasis
doctoring
alteration
tampering
excess
extravagance
boasting
false light
exaltation
pipe dream
aggrandizement
US
hyperbolism
not a true picture
aggrandisement
UK
figure of speech
spuriousness
unreliability
front
old wivesʼ tale
semblance
purple prose
slanting
bias
misleading statement
disguise
misreporting
suppressio veri
confusing statement
mask
misapprehension
debasement
cover
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
stretching
fiddling
changing
mirage
change
tinkering
apparition
misimpression
confusion
trip
seeming
image
mockery
idea
sensation
sense
feeling
rainbow
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
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
more ❯
“Is a
fib
really a
fib
if the teller is unaware that he is uttering an untruth?”
Noun
▲
The act of evading or avoiding a clear and honest response
tergiversation
prevarication
evasion
deception
deceit
misrepresentation
amphibology
casuistry
colouring
UK
coloring
US
con
cover
deceptiveness
delusion
dissimulation
distortion
duplicity
fallacy
fibbing
hedge
lie
line
lying
shuffling
sophistry
speciousness
spuriousness
stall
stonewall
waffle
amphiboly
hedging
double meaning
double talk
cover-up
run-around
cop out
double entendre
quibbling routine
weasel word
song and dance
doublespeak
circumlocution
indirectness
weasel words
waffling
pussyfooting around
flannel
paltering
equivocation
beating about the bush
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 ❯
Verb
▲
To tell a lie or something that is untrue
lie
prevaricate
fabricate
misrepresent
falsify
fake
equivocate
deceive
pretend
con
exaggerate
dissimulate
dissemble
feign
palter
invent
concoct
perjure
jive
kid
plant
tell stories
be economical with the truth
tell untruths
stretch the truth
depart from the truth
tell a lie
forswear oneself
make up a story
invent a story
not tell the truth
trump up
make up
tell a terminological inexactitude
create fiction
tell a fib
speak with forked tongue
pull the wool over someone's eyes
tell a little white lie
pull someone's leg
misstate
fudge
distort
forge
misspeak
make believe
tell a white lie
pervert
trick
simulate
hatch
BS
fake it
tell untruth
tell lies
have on
perjure oneself
create out of thin air
spin a yarn
dream up
conjure up
phony
US
devise
phoney
UK
mislead
delude
bluff
hoax
hoodwink
misinform
misguide
dupe
beguile
bull
overdraw
snow
misinstruct
forswear
gaslight
tell a falsehood
tell an untruth
string along
be untruthful
concoct a story
break promise
throw off the scent
not speak the truth
put on the wrong track
bear false witness
be forsworn
say something untrue
commit perjury
put on
put up a front
send on a wild goose chase
lead astray
lack candor
give the wrong impression
lie through one's teeth
manipulate
alter
cook
doctor
warp
twist
garble
color
US
misinterpret
change
rig
slant
bend
fiddle
misrelate
misreport
fix
massage
belie
colour
UK
adulterate
misquote
embroider
embellish
corrupt
counterfeit
contort
debase
vitiate
promote
gloss
deacon
tamper with
put a spin on
phony up
frame up
interfere with
tinker with
bias
fiddle with
juggle
disguise
quote out of context
take out of context
modify
misconstrue
skew
overstate
confuse
spin
transform
amend
muddle
meddle with
mess about with
mistranslate
mangle
misrender
influence
give a false account of
angle
tamper
engineer
swindle
prejudice
miscolor
coin
magnify
dramatize
US
strain
pad
whitewash
varnish
give a false idea of
cook the books
put the wrong slant on
dramatise
UK
doctor up
weight
misattribute
give a false impression of
weigh
mold
US
shape
mould
UK
flimflam
diddle
finagle
patch
slur
quote incorrectly
prearrange
put words in someone's mouth
jumble
blur
obscure
cook up
mix up
twist around
trim
rearrange
shuffle
affect
overdo
enhance
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
revamp
edit
revise
rework
gerrymander
hyperbolize
arrange
poison
airbrush
subvert
cut
alloy
desecrate
change round
romanticise
UK
romanticize
US
precontrive
preplan
predesign
conceal
touch up
varnish over
give a false picture of
make changes to
make adjustments to
make alterations to
arrange fraudulently
cloak
stretch
mask
dress
puff
travesty
parody
perform magic
mock up
elaborate on
gloss over
blow smoke
pass off
cover up
build up
set up
swear falsely
taint
lie under oath
bastardize
US
contaminate
lace
spoil
dilute
infect
sully
degrade
novelize
fictionalize
US
fictionalise
UK
foul
defile
putrefy
pollute
bastardise
UK
make impure
more ❯
“Now and then, he would
fib
about these towns, villages and cities which he had never set foot in.”
Verb
▲
To strike or hit repeatedly
thrash
beat
pound
thump
batter
whip
belt
bash
wallop
lash
hammer
pummelled
UK
pummel
US
flog
buffet
drub
tan
whale
pelt
bludgeon
maul
club
lick
birch
bat
slog
hide
lambaste
switch
slate
thresh
lace
paddle
whop
lather
pommel
baste
lambast
whap
whup
tromp
belabour
UK
belabor
US
curry
do
bung up
rough up
work over
punch out
mess up
strike
hit
clobber
smack
whack
bang
knock
clout
punch
thwack
cudgel
slug
sock
slap
bop
biff
swat
rap
box
crack
smite
paste
lam
flail
punish
slam
bust
cane
flagellate
assault
smash
spank
clip
beat up
swipe
beat the living daylights out of
clock
clap
strap
bonk
nail
bob
zap
tag
whomp
rain blows on
beat up on
deck
welt
attack
boff
larrup
lay into
lace into
give someone a hiding
knock around
lay one on
knock about
give someone a good hiding
knock into the middle of next week
scourge
leather
break
bruise
abuse
slash
horsewhip
flay
cowhide
rawhide
tonk
ram
trounce
mash
maltreat
let someone have it
do over
slosh
manhandle
quilt
dong
thud
swinge
wax
cuff
chastise
forge
draw
drum
plug
crush
tap
assail
pitch into
light into
hit hard
stick one on
chin
blister
defeat
handle
bump
lacerate
drive
impact
cosh
mutilate
jerk
whisk
shake
trash
mistreat
fill in
thump on
knock on
hit repeatedly
fustigate
bear down
wear out
blackjack
brutalize
US
flutter
flop
flap
ferule
contuse
bash up
duff up
beat to a pulp
brutalise
UK
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
break face
lean on
take care of
put in the hospital
malleate
aim blows at
tear into
paddlewhack
weigh into
set on
tan one's hide
warm someone's seat
dust someone's britches
wham
give someone a beating
give someone a drubbing
give someone a good beating
give someone a good drubbing
let have it
rain blows upon
injure
pop
sail into
dot
have a go at
jab
hurt
set about
ill-treat
crash
crown
floor
set upon
harm
persecute
get stuck into
hook
stripe
bully
mishandle
molest
blast
torture
roughhouse
let fly at
king-hit
lash out at
ding
wound
handle roughly
turn on
poke
bullwhip
blow
kick around
castigate
quirt
treat badly
stab
chop
sucker-punch
fall on
mess over
welly
thong
thrust
torment
afflict
misuse
harass
take a strap to
dab
dash
victimize
US
give someone the works
butt
victimise
UK
pounce on
ill-use
slap around
kick
round on
treat roughly
flax
skelp
lob
crucify
shove
damage
tan someone's hide
dig
push
wrong
zonk
excoriate
scathe
prod
maim
mangle
percuss
assault physically
jump
oppress
box someone's ears
impinge
collide
elbow
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
propel
fall upon
KO
lunge
jolt
twack
tip
pounce upon
bump into
get at
strike out at
crash into
slam into
cut up
shake up
fly at
hit out at
yerk
hack
stroke
fillip
haymaker
aggress
whip someone's hide
bam
bushwhack
clump
conk
hang one on
bombard
impel
take out
plant one
chip
impair
uppercut
pitch
besiege
knock cold
pellet
blitz
stone
brain
whang
bust up
sink
pick
stinger
plump
nudge
lay a finger on
plunge
knock block off
punish severely
knock out
ride roughshod
let fly
mug
give the cat o'nine tails
knock for a loop
contact
pulp
give a black eye
send
mar
physically attack
ragdoll
catch
spike
strike at
invade
misemploy
prostitute
screw
outrage
give black eye
total
ruin
battle
knock someone's lights out
beat someone's brains out
go for
connect with
jump down one's throat
run
jog
martyr
come down on
haul off on
interfere with
bang up
be violent toward
martyrize
jackhammer
stick
skin
pat
fire at
peck
be hurled
put on the rack
palpate
give it to someone
give someone what for
give a going over
fix someone's wagon
have someone's guts for garters
skin alive
give a lesson to
slap lightly
hit lightly
strike lightly
criticize
US
censure
rebuke
berate
neglect
reprimand
upbraid
savage
potshot
vilify
vituperate
carpet
reprove
lay about
strike out
thrash about
flail around
hit out
criticise
UK
put down
shellac
rail at
diss
jump on
flame
chew out
terrorize
US
hassle
bang into
run over
clash
plough into
crack into
rear-end
plow into
come into collision
cannon into
pile up
meet head-on
knock into
go into
sideswipe
dash against
crunch
come into collision with
impact with
crack against
smash into
fender-bend
barrel into
smack into
run into
needle
hound
immolate
use
demonize
US
demonise
UK
terrorise
UK
stack the deck
push around
have a down on
be down on
have it in for
make things hot for someone
discriminate against
punish unfairly
get on someone's back
give a hard time
have your knife into
pick on
more ❯
“Sarah was so enraged that she started to
fib
the punching bag with all her strength, releasing her frustration with each powerful strike.”
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
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
cover up
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
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