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MENDACITIES Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word mendacities. (exact relations)
There are 4 hypernyms of the word mendacities. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for MENDACITIES

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deceit
nounn
noun

• the quality of being fraudulent

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

calumnies
nounn
noun

• a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

dissemblings
nounn
noun

• pretending with intention to deceive

• the act of deceiving

duplicities
nounn
noun

• a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

• acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

fabrications
nounn
noun

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• writing in a fictional form

• the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

falsehoods
nounn
noun

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

fibs
nounn
noun

• a trivial lie

verb

• tell a relatively insignificant lie

fictions
nounn
noun

• a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

• a deliberately false or improbable account

forgeries
nounn
noun

• a copy that is represented as the original

• criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

lies
nounn
noun

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

• position or manner in which something is situated

verb

• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

• originate (in)

• be and remain in a particular state or condition

• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

• have a place in relation to something else

• assume a reclining position

perjuries
nounn
noun

• criminal offense of making false statements under oath

perversions
nounn
noun

• a curve that reverses the direction of something

• an aberrant sexual practice

• the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)

prevarications
nounn
noun

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• intentionally vague or ambiguous

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

slanders
verbv
noun

• words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

verb

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

tales
nounn
noun

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• a trivial lie

untruths
nounn
noun

• a false statement

misrepresentations
nounn
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• a willful perversion of facts

Best Hypernyms For MENDACITIES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for mendacities, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (4)
untruthfulness falsehoods lies untruths

Alternatives for DECEIT

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