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fibbing

ADJECTIVE
lying
Synonyms
STRONGEST
misleading
STRONG
dissembling dissimulating double-crossing double-dealing equivocating falsifying inventing misrepresenting misstating prevaricating two-timing wrong
WEAK
committing perjury deceitful deceptive delusive delusory false guileful mendacious perfidious shifty treacherous tricky two-faced unreliable untruthful
Antonyms
STRONG
honest
WEAK
direct frank
ADJECTIVE
mendacious
Synonyms
WEAK
deceitful deceptive duplicitous equivocating erroneous fallacious false fraudulent insincere lying paltering perfidious perjured prevaricating shifty spurious untrue untruthful wrong
Antonyms
WEAK
frank honest sincere truthful
ADJECTIVE
perjurious
Synonyms
WEAK
committing perjury deceitful deceptive delusive delusory dissembling dissimulating double-crossing double-dealing equivocating false falsifying forsworn guileful inventing mendacious misleading misrepresenting misstating perfidious perjured prevaricating shifty treacherous tricky two-faced two-timing unreliable untruthful wrong
NOUN
equivocation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
prevarication
STRONG
ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity evasion fallacy fib hedging lie line lying misrepresentation shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall tergiversation waffle
WEAK
cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall
Antonyms
STRONG
certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness
WEAK
directness facing meeting
NOUN
tergiversation
Synonyms
STRONG
ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity euphemism evasion fallacy fib hedge hedging lie line lying misrepresentation prevarication shuffle shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall waffle
WEAK
cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality equivoque quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall weasel word
Antonyms
STRONG
certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

Example Sentences

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Some people say they've resorted to fibbing about illnesses, emigration or even prison sentences so the company will stop trying to keep them signed up.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Stunned by her blatant fibbing, I backed off.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

By the way, they also confess to occasionally fibbing about “overqualificiations” to spare job applicants’ egos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The agency accused Musk of fibbing to manipulate his company's stock prices.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

Any other day of my life I could have won a fibbing contest hands down, and that, that is what I came up with: the pathetic truth.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd