falsehood
Meanings
Plural: falsehoods
Noun
- a false statement
- the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
- The property of being false.
- A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
- Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of lying.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English falshede, from false + -hede, equivalent to false + -hood.
Synonyms
disinformation, fabrication, falsedom, falsehood, falseness, falsification, falsity, fib, leasing, lie, mendacity, misinformation, misstatement, terminological inexactitude, untruth, yed
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
falsehood is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordfalsehood is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
falsehood is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary