Half-truth
Half-truth noun - A partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead.
Mendacity and half-truth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mendacity" instead a noun phrase "Half-truth".
Mendacity
Mendacity noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.
Usage example: highly fictionalized “memoirs” in which the facts were few and the mendacities many
Half-truth and mendacity are semantically related. You can use "Half-truth" instead a noun "Mendacity".
Nearby Word: mendacious
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- fairy tale and half-truth
- fairy tale and mendacity
- lie and half-truth
- lie and mendacity
- fiction and half-truth
- fiction and mendacity
- falsehood and half-truth
- falsehood and mendacity
- deception and half-truth
- deception and mendacity
- story and half-truth
- story and mendacity
- tale and half-truth
- tale and mendacity
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Mendacity and Half-truth. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/half-truth/mendacity
Half-truth & Mendacity. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/half-truth/mendacity>.
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