Synonyms for half truth
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : haf-trooth, hahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˌtruθ, ˈhɑf- |
Top 10 synonyms for half truth Other synonyms for the word half truth
- abstract principle
- abstraction
- canard
- dissimulation
- equivocation
- erroneousness
- error
- exaggeration
- fable
- fallaciousness
- falseness
- feigning
- fib
- fibbery
- fiction
- figment
- fraud
- half truth
- half-truth
- harmless untruth
- hogwash
- law
- line
- little white lie
- loose statement
- mendacity
- mental dishonesty
- misstatement
- near truth
- observation
- partial truth
- perjury
- pretense
- prevarication
- principle
- sham
- slight stretch
- story
- suggestio falsi
- sweeping statement
- tale
- tall tale
- trivial untruth
- universality
- untruism
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- well-intentioned untruth
- whopper
- yarn
Définition of half truth
Origin :- 1650s, from half + truth.
- As in white lie : noun little lie
- As in falsehood : noun lie
- As in generality : noun vague notion
- A little reflection will show that this opinion is only a half truth.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 » by Various
- Half truth as this was, it was more sincere than such confidences are apt to be.
- Extract from : « The Giant's Robe » by F. Anstey
- But it is only a half truth, and it should not be mistaken for the whole truth.
- Extract from : « Theism » by Robert Flint
- It was a half truth, exaggerated, but it had not a happy effect on Vera.
- Extract from : « Modern Broods » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- That is true, just as much as every half truth is true, but the other half is also true.
- Extract from : « Catharine Furze » by Mark Rutherford
- It had flashed upon her that no half truth would satisfy Ewing.
- Extract from : « Ewing\'s Lady » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But it is a half truth at least, for moisture cannot condense on nothing.
- Extract from : « Reading the Weather » by Thomas Morris Longstreth
- There are many other proverbs that contain at least a half truth.
- Extract from : « Reading the Weather » by Thomas Morris Longstreth
- The first count was sufficiently maddening because it was a half truth.
- Extract from : « North of Fifty-Three » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
- You are now face to face with the most perplexing of sophistries—the half truth.
- Extract from : « The Young Priest's Keepsake » by Michael Phelan
Antonyms for half truth
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