canards
Baseless stories spread
Canards are false or unfounded stories, especially ones spread deliberately to mislead: The article repeated canards about vaccine safety.
The word often describes persistent myths or propaganda that circulate despite being debunked.
A canard can also be a small wing mounted near the nose of an aircraft for stability or control.
Deliberately untrue statement
- untruthA false statement
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
fable · misinformation · disinformation · rumor · tall tale · fiction · invention · distortion
Unconfirmed circulating story
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
- scuttlebuttInformal rumor or speculation
tittle-tattle · buzz · chatter · grapevine · speculation · slander · libel · defamation
fabrication
Deliberately untrue statement
myth · fable · misinformation · disinformation · rumor · tall tale · fiction · invention · distortion · misrepresentation
rumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
scuttlebutt · tittle-tattle · buzz · chatter · grapevine · speculation · slander · libel · defamation · smear
hoax
Deliberate deception for effect
ploy · subterfuge · artifice · chicanery · duplicity · guile · deceit · fraud · trickery · pretense
confit
Meat preserved in fat
- campagnechamp, champs, culture, grange, mouton
- misinformationmisinformation, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, hoaxes
- airfoilsailerons, flaps, slats, elevators, spoilers
- antisemitismHolocaust, pogroms, blood libel, Kristallnacht, Nuremberg Laws
- body kitsbody kits, lip kit, ground effects, side skirts, splitter
- deceptionslie, lies, lying, deceit, decoy
canardstruths
Accurate statements about reality
facts · realities · actualities · verities · certainties
canardsevidence
Facts supporting truth
proof · documentation · reliable sources · hard evidence · eyewitness testimony