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Definitions

half-truth

[haf-trooth, hahf-] / ˈhæfˌtruθ, ˈhɑf- /
NOUN
falsehood
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cover-up deceit deception dishonesty distortion fabrication fakery 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
fibbery untruism
Antonyms
STRONGEST
frankness honesty openness truth truthfulness uprightness
STRONG
nonfiction reality
NOUN
generality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
generalization
STRONG
abstraction law observation principle universality
WEAK
abstract principle loose statement sweeping statement
Antonyms
WEAK
detail specific specificity
NOUN
white lie
Synonyms
WEAK
exaggeration harmless untruth little white lie mental dishonesty near truth partial truth slight stretch suggestio falsi trivial untruth untruth well-intentioned untruth

Example Sentences

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Add to that social media and its capacity to spread innuendo, half-truth, fabrication and common ignorance.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

And it’s also considered a misrepresentation to state a half-truth, leaving out vital information needed to place a statement in context.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2021

Not for him the mealy-mouthed half-truth, the small evasion.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2020

If a song can make you love a lie, or at least a complicated half-truth, this one does it.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019

That wasn’t so much a lie as a half-truth.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.