lie
lʌɪ/
noun
noun: lie; plural noun: lies
an intentionally false statement.
"they hint rather than tell outright lies"
synonyms: untruth, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, made-up story, trumped-up story, invention, piece of fiction, fiction, falsification, falsity, fairy story/tale, cock and bull story, barefaced lie; More
(little) white lie, half-truth, exaggeration, prevarication, departure from the truth;
yarn, story, red herring, fable, myth, flight of fancy, figment of the imagination;
pretence, pretext, sham;
misinformation, disinformation, perjury, dissimulation, mendacity, gossip, propaganda;
informaltall story, tall tale, whopper;
informalporky, pork pie, porky pie;
humorousterminological inexactitude;
slangbullshit; slangbulldust
"Len's loyalty to his mates had made him tell lies"