fibbing

Definitions

The act of telling a trivial or unimportant lie.

Engaging in the practice of speaking untruths about minor matters.

Examples

I could tell he was fibbing about his whereabouts because he kept avoiding eye contact.

Stop fibbing to your mother and just tell her the truth about the broken vase.

She was only fibbing when she said she had already finished her homework.

Synonyms

lying prevaricating equivocating deceiving falsifying misrepresenting fabricating

Antonyms

truthfulness honesty veracity candor sincerity frankness genuineness