Meaning & use
fibs
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Small, relatively harmless lies (plural of "fib").
See it in a sentence
The child's fibs about finishing homework rarely fooled his parents.
She told a few fibs to avoid hurting her friend's feelings.
A note on using this word
"Fib" implies a minor, low-stakes lie rather than a serious deception, and the word can also function as a verb, as in "he fibs constantly."
Words with a similar meaning
white liesuntruths
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Words with an opposite meaning
truths
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