fakery
[fey-kuh-ree]
/ ˈfeɪ kə ri /
NOUN
falsehood
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cover-up
deceit
deception
dishonesty
distortion
fabrication
fallacy
falsity
misstatement
perjury
prevarication
sham
tall tale
untruth
STRONG
canard
dissimulation
equivocation
erroneousness
error
fable
fallaciousness
falseness
feigning
fib
fiction
figment
fraud
hogwash
line
mendacity
pretense
story
tale
untruthfulness
whopper
yarn
WEAK
Antonyms
NOUN
make believe
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
disguise
dissimulation
dream
fantasy
imagination
pageant
playacting
pretense
pretension
pretentiousness
sham
WEAK
Antonyms
NOUN
pretense
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
act
acting
affectation
appearance
artifice
claim
deceit
deception
display
dissimulation
double-dealing
evasion
excuse
fabrication
facade
falsification
feigning
gag
guise
insincerity
invention
make believe
mask
masquerade
misrepresentation
misstatement
ostentation
posing
posturing
pretentiousness
routine
ruse
schtick
sham
shuffling
simulation
stall
stunt
subterfuge
trickery
veil
wile
WEAK
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
NOUN
sham
Synonyms
Antonyms
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