UNTRUTHS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

untruths

noun

plural of untruth

as in myths

a false idea or belief their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited

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as in lies

a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive the Web site is rife with untruths and misleading information

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Recent Examples of untruths Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025 But in the popular imagination, untruths persist that should be corrected. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 3 June 2026 Beyond easily demonstrable untruths about Ukraine, what’s unfortunate about Slezkine’s historical analysis is its failure to ponder cause and effect, even at a superficial level. — John Connelly, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for untruths

Noun

After all, the best myths take our normal heroes-and-villains binary and punt it into a million pieces.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
But myths don’t need receipts, and this one has endured for nearly a thousand years.

— Michele MetychAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026

Definition of myths

Noun

The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
All my delusions were still intact; the hospitalization had done nothing to shake them.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Definition of delusions

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— Data Skrive, New York Times, 5 July 2026
The history of Kaskaskia is full of stories of resilience and stubborn pride, but also of the inevitability of nature.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of stories

Noun

Presented Out of Competition at the 1967 edition of Venice, Deadly Sweet takes it cue from a brief encounter between a disenchanted man and a girl with no illusions in the wake of the murder of a nightclub owner in London.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026
Perhaps because of this aesthetic of illusions, the earnest state pride evident in some of the pavilions turns out to feel especially delightful.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026