Synonyms and Related Words for Failed  Promise

 

Oh, what a tangled web we weave,

When first we practice to deceive

 

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832),  Lochinvar

The following  51 words are for those of you searching for words to explain or categorize “If you want to keep your health plan, you can keep your health plan, Period.”

1. lie,

2. fable,

3. fabrication,

4. fairy tale,

5. fallacy,

6.falsehood,

7.falsification,

8. falsity,

9. fib,

10. fraudulence

11. mendacity,

12. prevarication,

13. story,

14. tale,

15.tattle,

16. taradiddle,

18. untruth,

19. whopper,

20. diddle,

21. distortion,

22. exaggeration,

23. half-truth,

24. ambiguity,

25. equivocation,

26. obliquity,

27. deception,

28. defamation,

29. libel,

30. slander,

31. perjury,

32. bluff,

33. circumlocution

34. bull s--t

35. fiction,

36. pose,

37. pretense,

38. humbug,

39. jive,

40. nonsense,

41.canard,

42. misconception,

43. myth,
44. misinformation,

45.misreport,

46.misrrepresenation,

47. misstatement,

48. deceit,

49. deceitfulness,

50. dishonesty,

51. duplicity

Tweet: There are many synonyms or related words to describe telling an untruth.  Here are 51, one for each state and one for District of Columbia.