Definition for Fibbing:

• a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear

Synonyms for Fibbing:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • fibbing,
  • paltering.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • deceptiveness,
  • deceit,
  • delusion,
  • doubtfulness,
  • misrepresentation,
  • evasion,
  • double entendre,
  • con,
  • double talk,
  • ambiguity,
  • coverup,
  • deception,
  • duplicity,
  • dissimulation,
  • fallacy,
  • sophistry,
  • hedging,
  • cop out,
  • speciousness,
  • song and dance,
  • stonewall,
  • shufflings,
  • double meaning,
  • tergiversation,
  • stall,
  • amphibology,
  • fib,
  • cover,
  • runaround,
  • coloring,
  • waffle,
  • distortion,
  • run-around,
  • casuistry,
  • cover-up,
  • quibbling routine,
  • spuriousness,
  • equivocality,
  • lie,
  • shuffling.
  •tergiversation (noun)
  • hedge,
  • shuffle,
  • weasel word,
  • euphemism.

• v.

  •equivocate (verb)
  • dodge,
  • cavil,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • double-talk,
  • flip-flop,
  • beat around the bush,
  • cop a plea,
  • cover up,
  • fudge,
  • cloud the issue,
  • sidestep,
  • parry,
  • sit on the fence,
  • tergiversate,
  • quibble,
  • elude,
  • shuck,
  • mince words,
  • run around,
  • escape,
  • hem and haw,
  • fence,
  • pass the buck,
  • beg the question,
  • tell white lie,
  • pussyfoot,
  • give run around,
  • evade,
  • tergiverse,
  • weasel,
  • eschew.
  •fabricate (verb)
  • counterfeit,
  • devise,
  • form,
  • misrepresent,
  • feign,
  • forge,
  • make like,
  • contrive,
  • pretend,
  • coin,
  • fake.
  •falsify (verb)
  • change,
  • belie,
  • pervert,
  • frame up,
  • deacon,
  • adulterate,
  • phony up,
  • misstate,
  • deceive,
  • warp,
  • exaggerate,
  • distort,
  • put on an act,
  • garble,
  • dress up,
  • color,
  • embroider,
  • salt,
  • misquote,
  • contort,
  • deny,
  • cook,
  • traverse,
  • twist,
  • fake it,
  • doctor,
  • tamper with,
  • contravene,
  • four-flush,
  • gloss,
  • contradict.
  •fib (verb)
  • falsify,
  • stretch the truth,
  • concoct,
  • trump up,
  • promote,
  • speak with forked tongue,
  • tell a little white lie,
  • make up,
  • prevaricate,
  • palter,
  • equivocate,
  • create fiction,
  • invent,
  • jive,
  • plant,
  • fabricate,
  • shovel.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • perfidious,
  • untruthful,
  • Forsworn,
  • Double dealing,
  • committing perjury.
  •n.
  • equivocation,
  • fabrication,
  • lying,
  • prevarication,
  • Equivoque.

Antonyms for Fibbing:

• adj.

  • lying
    frank, honest, direct.
  • mendacious
    sincere, truthful.

• n.

  • equivocation
    facing, meeting, directness.

• v.

  • equivocate
    meet, speak on, face.
  • fib
    be honest, tell truth.

Fibbing Sentence Examples:

• No, no, Basil, be honest; fibbing isn't your forte: I wonder you went into the insurance business; you ought to have been a lawyer.

Homophones for Fibbing:

• fungous, foaming, fivepence, funniness, finocchio, fennic, finnic, faineance, fiancee, funny house, finicky, fink, finish, fence, finance, fungia, funka, finis, famish, fang, feminize, foaminess, fungi, fawning, finnish, famous, fumes, faunus, faience, fungus, Funnies, feng shui, funky, fancy, funk, feminineness, finances, feminise, finesse, fineness, fenusa, finch, fiance, fomes, funkaceae, fewness.

Hyponym for Fibbing:

• n.

  • act
    lying, prevarication, fabrication.