What is another word for fibbing?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈɪbɪŋ], [ fˈɪbɪŋ], [ f_ˈɪ_b_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for fibbing:
- lying (adjective)
- lying under oath (adjective)
- mendacious (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- act (noun)
- equivocation (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- tergiversation (noun)
- equivocate (verb)
- fabricate (verb)
- falsify (verb)
- fib (verb)
- invent (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Fibbing:
adj.
• lying (adjective) • lying under oath (adjective) • mendacious (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
• act (noun) • 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.
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.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- mendacity,
- flooring,
- dishonesty,
- artificial,
- fencing,
- sham,
- evasiveness,
- formation,
- falsification,
- construction,
- unreal,
- Chronicling,
- corrupt,
- perjury,
- forgery,
- assembly,
- falsity,
- Levelling,
- fable,
- invention,
- mendaciousness,
- Crocking,
- apocryphal,
- Fabricating,
- unfair,
- flaming,
- Tilting,
- Staving,
- Catting,
- creation,
- taling,
- falsehood,
- bogus,
- untruthfulness,
- faithless,
- boxing,
- production,
- cheating,
- Fabling,
- Storying,
- Hoaxing,
- tussling,
- Drooling,
- reporting,
- fictitious,
- bouncing,
- Humbugging,
- fiction,
- credibility gap,
- accounting,
- dishonest,
- feigned.
How to use "Fibbing" in context?
Fibbing is a common lie where the teller omits certain parts of the story in order to make it seem less severe or damaging. It can often be used to make oneself feel better in difficult situations or to avoid any potential embarrassment. People fib for a variety of reasons, but often it is a way to avoid making a tough decision or hurting someone's feelings.construct an diatribe against fibbing.
Fibbing can be incredibly harmful to both yourself and those around you. It can keep you from being truthful and can lead to tension, mistrust, and loss of cooperation.
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.
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act
lying, prevarication, fabrication.
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