Synonyms for mendacious
- adjective
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All synonyms
Adjective
1. Untruthful — false or untrue
untruthful, false, fallacious, deceitful, dishonest, untrue, lying, deceptive, spurious, erroneous, wrong, unveracious, fraudulent, treacherous, incorrect
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Definitions
- adj. 1
False or untrue.
The report was filled with mendacious claims.
Related words
- Word family
- mendaciously mendacity
Example sentences
- dishonest At least he's honest about the fact he's dishonest.
- deceitful I learned the hard way that silence can be deceitful.
- fallacious Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.
- corrupted The morals of our politicians have been corrupted.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mendacious | rising | |
| dishonest | steady | |
| deceitful | rising | |
| fallacious | falling | |
| untruthful | steady | |
| corrupted | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- wrong1, lying2, false1
- 6 letters
- untrue2
- 8 letters
- spurious3
- 9 letters
- incorrect3, dishonest3, corrupted3, deceptive3, erroneous4, deceitful3
- 10 letters
- fraudulent3, fallacious3, untruthful3
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, unveracious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lying2 = 2 syllables).