misrepresent
Give wrong impression
To misrepresent something is to describe or portray it falsely or misleadingly.
The distortion may be deliberate or careless: The advertisement misrepresented the product's capabilities.
Lawyers misrepresent facts, politicians misrepresent opponents' positions, and résumés misrepresent qualifications.
The noun is misrepresentation.
Invent or manufacture
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- fakeNot the real thing
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- doctorLicensed medical healer
tamper · alter · manipulate · invent · concoct · make up · lie · perjure
Rotating motion or surprise
- skewTwist from straight
- slantOblique angle or bias
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
overstate · understate · misquote · misreport · misstate · garble · spin · color
Pretend to have
- dissembleConceal one's motives
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- poseDeliberate bodily arrangement
- impersonateAssume another's identity
pretend · affect · simulate · sham · facade · veneer · guise · charade
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
brainwash · indoctrinate · smear · demagoguery · yellow journalism · echo chamber · partisan · biased
fabricate
Invent or manufacture
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- fakeNot the real thing
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
doctor · tamper · alter · manipulate · invent · concoct · make up · lie · perjure · fudge
twist
Rotating motion or surprise
exaggerate · overstate · understate · misquote · misreport · misstate · garble · spin · color · warp
mislead
Cause false belief
defraud · trick · fool · swindle · bamboozle · beguile · delude · bluff · hoax · scam
feign
Pretend to have
- dissembleConceal one's motives
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- poseDeliberate bodily arrangement
impersonate · pretend · affect · simulate · sham · facade · veneer · guise · charade · act
disinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
agitprop · brainwash · indoctrinate · smear · demagoguery · yellow journalism · echo chamber · partisan · biased · slanted
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- Misrepresentationdistort, falsify, misquote, misstate, twist
- misunderstandingmisunderstand, misinterpret, miscommunication, misconception, misconstrue
- pretendingpretend, pretending, fake, feign, make-believe
- sugarcoatingsweeten, soften, gloss over, whitewash, soft-pedal
misrepresenttell the truth
Communicate facts honestly
represent · be honest · explain · clarify · illustrate
misrepresentation, misrepresented, misrepresenting, misrepresents, misrepresenter, misrepresentations, misrepresentative