FUDGING Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in misrepresentation

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verb

present participle of fudge

as in weaseling

to avoid giving a definite answer or position the candidate was criticized for fudging on most of the questions during the debate

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as in cheating

to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal she's been fudging on her taxes for years

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as in misrepresenting

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position

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Noun

The primary visual trickery comes in the form of slowed or accelerated film stock, rather than obvious digital fudging. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025 But the number-fudging didn’t end there. — Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025

Verb

Like, in the movie version, the person playing Raffensperger might be fudging results while eating his catered lunch. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 For some of these inquiries, the read-in-between-the-lines accusation was that Neon is fudging the numbers. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 No more tiny little pencils – or fudging those tallies. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, Charlotte’s husband is debriefing with Shaw, while obviously fudging the details of Pauly’s death. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025 Kennedy accused Monarez of fudging the reason she was dismissed. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025 This can be done daily, making the sensors timely and not subject to fudging or underreporting. — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Trump alleged over Truth Social that the District has been fudging statistics to create the appearance that crime was on the decline. — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Under federal law, citizenship obtained through concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation can be revoked through civil denaturalization proceedings.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The ability to dam at least some of the daily overflow of misinformation and misrepresentation is one of the reasons for Pangram’s success and adoption, but Warner said that comes at a cost.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of misrepresentation

Verb

With all respect to West’s previous cheating-on-television canon, War might be his finest adulterous work.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
Wood was vindicated three years later, when a league investigation revealed the Astros had been cheating in 2017, stealing signs from a television monitor next to the dugout and relaying them to batters by banging on trash cans.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheating

Verb

But Amendment 83 has drawn an especially stark contrast between two types of Colorado’s hunters, with each claiming that the other is misrepresenting the interest of both the public and Centennial State hunters and anglers.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Settlement talks collapsed in late August after Bonta accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting their discussions.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of misrepresenting

Verb

But attorneys for the group Defenders of Wildlife said the government was distorting the environmental law’s definition of a species by focusing only on the populations in Minnesota and the Northern Rockies.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The absurdist look at greed and climate change, reality and the distorting power of media, feckless world leaders and rapacious billionaires, struggled to get off the ground.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of distorting

Noun

FiftyPlusOne included the group’s data in its polling averages, but found evidence of fabrications.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
The staff report said the loan will be disbursed only after the company has paid invoices for materials, construction and equipment fabrication.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of fabrication

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