Antonyms for tell white lie
| Grammar : Verb |
Definition of tell white lie
- As in invent : verb fabricate
- As in equivocate : verb avoid an issue
Synonyms for tell white lie
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cavil
- cloud the issue
- con
- concoct
- conjure up
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- create out of thin air
- dodge
- double-talk
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake
- falsify
- feign
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- forge
- fudge
- give run around
- hedge
- hem and haw
- jive
- lie
- make believe
- make up
- mince words
- misrepresent
- misstate
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- run around
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- simulate
- sit on the fence
- stonewall
- tell a white lie
- tell untruth
- tell white lie
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- think up
- trump up
- vamp
- waffle
- weasel
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