Antonyms of noun truth

2 of 5 senses of truth

Sense 2
truth, the true, verity, trueness -- (conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities")
       Antonym of falsity (Sense 1)
      => falsity, falseness -- (the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity")

Sense 3
truth, true statement -- (a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it")
       Antonym of falsehood (Sense 1)
      => falsehood, falsity, untruth -- (a false statement)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun truth

5 senses of truth

Sense 1
truth -- (a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it")
       => fact -- (a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case")

Sense 2
truth, the true, verity, trueness -- (conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities")
       => actuality -- (the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality")

Sense 3
truth, true statement -- (a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it")
       => statement -- (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day")

Sense 4
accuracy, truth -- (the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account")
       => quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare)

Sense 5
Truth, Sojourner Truth -- (United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883))
       INSTANCE OF=> abolitionist, emancipationist -- (a reformer who favors abolishing slavery)
       INSTANCE OF=> feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber -- (a supporter of feminism)

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