#540. Teacher. -- N. teacher
trainer
instructor
institutor
master
tutor
director
Corypheus
dry nurse
coach
grinder
crammer
don;
governor
bear leader
governess
duenna[Sp]
disciplinarian
professor
lecturer
reader
prolocutor
preacher;
chalk talker
pastor
schoolmaster
usher
pedagogue
abecedarian
schoolmistress
dame
monitor
pupil teacher
expositor
preceptor
guide
guru
mentor
pioneer
apostle
missionary
propagandist
example
for imitation) 22
professorship
tutelage
Adj. professorial
Phr. qui doet discet[Lat]
#541. Learner.-- N. learner
scholar
student
pupil
apprentice
journeyman
articled clerk
beginner
tyro
amateur
rank
amateur
abecedarian
alumnus
recruit
raw recruit
novice
neophyte
catechumen
probationer
seminarian
chela
fellow-commoner
debutant
[apprentice medical doctors] intern
resident
schoolboy
fresh
freshman
frosh
junior
senior
senior
sophomore
[college and university students] undergraduate
graduate student
law
student
medical student
pre-med
post-doctoral student
post-doc;
matriculated student
part-time student
night student
auditor
[group of learners] class
grade
seminar
form
remove
pupilage
(learning) 539
disciple
follower
apostle
proselyte
fellow-student
[place of learning] school
V. learn
practise
Adj. in statu pupillari[Lat]
in leading strings
Phr. practise makes perfect
#542. School.-- N. school
academy
university
alma mater
college
seminary
Lyceum
institute
institution
palaestra
Gymnasium
class
seminar
day school
boarding school
preparatory school
primary school
infant school
dame's school
grammar school
middle class school
Board
school
denominational school
National school
British and Foreign school
collegiate school
art school
continuation school
convent school
County
Council school
government school
grant-in-aid school
high school
higher
grade school
military school
missionary school
naval school
naval
academy
state-aided school
technical school
voluntary school
school;
school of art
kindergarten
nursery
creche
reformatory
pulpit
lectern
soap box desk
reading desk
lecture
room
theater
auditorium
amphitheater
forum
state
rostrum
platform
hustings
tribune
school book
horn book
text book
grammar
primer
rudiments
manual
vade mecum
encyclopedia
cyclopedia
Lindley Murray
Cocker
dictionary
lexicon
professorship
lectureship
readership
fellowship
tutorship
chair
School Board Council of Education
Board of Education
Board of
Studies
Prefect of Studies
Textbook Committee
propaganda
Adj. scholastic
academic
collegiate
educational
Adv. ex cathedra[Lat]
#543. Veracity.-- N. veracity
truthfulness
frankness
truth
sincerity
candor
unreserve|!
honesty
fidelity
plain dealing
bona fides[Lat]
love of truth
probity
ingenuousness
(artlessness) 703
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
honest truth
sober truth
unvarnished tale
light of truth
V. speak the truth
tell the truth
speak by the card
paint in its
true colors
show oneself in one's true colors
make a clean breast
(disclose) 5
speak one's mind
not lie
not
deceive
Adj. truthful
true
veracious
veridical
scrupulous
9
sincere
candid
frank
open
straightforward
unreserved
open
hearted
true hearted
simple-hearted
honest
trustworthy
undissembling
guileless
pure
truth-loving;
true blue
as good as one's word
unaffected
unfeigned
bona fide
outspoken
ingenuous
undisguised
494
uncontrived
Adv. truly
in plain words
in truth
with
truth
of a truth
in good truth
as the dial to the sun
as the needle to
the pole
honor bright
troth
in good earnest;
unfeignedly
with no nonsense
bona
fide
in foro conscientiae[Lat]
without equivocation
cartes sur table
from the bottom of one's heart
by my troth
Dichtung und
Wahrheit[Ger]
esto quod esse videris[Lat]
magna est veritas et
praevalet[Lat]
"that golden key that opes the palace of eternity"
[Milton]
veritas odium parit[Lat]
veritatis simplex oratio est[Lat];
<-- should clarify distinction between untruth generally (objectively
false) and untruth in communication (lie
deception) -->
#544. Falsehood. -- N. falsehood
falseness
falsity
falsification;
deception
untruth
guile
lying
untruth
guile
lying
mendacity
perjury
false swearing;
forgery
invention
fabrication
perversion of truth
suppression of truth
suppressio veri[Lat];
perversion
distortion
false coloring
exaggeration
prevarication
equivocation
shuffling
fencing
evasion
fraud
suggestio falsi
546[Lat]
mystification
simulation
dissimulation
dissembling
deceit
sham
pretense
pretending
malingering
lip homage
lip service
mouth honor
hollowness
mere show
mere
outside
duplicity
double dealing
insincerity
hypocrisy
cant
humbug;
jesuitism
jesuitry
pharisaism
Machiavelism
"organized hypocrisy";
crocodile tears
quackery
charlatanry
gammon
bumcombe
flam
flimflam
cajolery
flattery
Judas kiss
perfidy
il volto
sciolto i pensieri stretti[It]
unfairness
artfulness
misstatement
V. be false
be a liar
speak falsely
tell a
lie
lie
fib
lie like a trooper
swear false
forswear
perjure
oneself
bear false witness
misstate
misquote
misreport
misrepresent
belie
falsify
pervert
distort
put a false construction upon
prevaricate
equivocate
quibble
palter
palter to the understanding;
trim
shuffle
fence
mince the truth
beat about
the bush
blow hot and cold
play fast and loose
garble
gloss over
disguise
give a color to
give a gloss
put a
gloss
put false coloring upon
color
varnish
cook
dress up
embroider;
varnish right and puzzle wrong
exaggerate
invent
fabricate
trump up
get up
force
fake
hatch
concoct;
romance
cry "wolf!"
dissemble
dissimulate
feign
assume
put on
pretend
make believe;
play possum
play false
play a double game
coquet
act a part
play a
part
affect
simulate
pass off for
counterfeit
sham
make a
show of
malinger
say the grapes are sour
cant
play the hypocrite
sham Abraham
faire pattes de velours
put
on the mask
clean the outside of the platter
lie like a conjuror
hand
out false colors
hold out false colors
sail under false colors
"commend
the poisoned chalice to the lips" [Macbeth]
ambiguas in vulgum spargere
voces [Lat]
deceive
Adj. false
deceitful
mendacious
unveracious
fraudulent
dishonest
faithless
truthless
trothless
unfair
uncandid
hollow-hearted
evasive;
uningenuous
disingenuous
hollow
sincere
Parthis mendacior
forsworn
artificial
contrived
canting
hypocritical
jesuitical
pharisaical;
tartuffish
Machiavelian
double
double tongued
double faced
double
handed
double minded
double hearted
double dealing
Janus faced
smooth-
faced
smooth spoken
smooth tongued
plausible
mealy-mouthed
affected
855
collusive
collusory
artful
perfidious
spurious
untrue
falsified
covinous
Adv. falsely
a la tartufe
with a double tongue
silly
(cunning) 702
Phr. blandae mendacia lingua[Lat]
falsus in uno falsus in
omnibus[Lat]
"I give him joy that's awkward at a lie" [Young]
la mentira
tiene las piernas cortas [Sp]
"O what a goodly outside falsehood hath"
[Merchant of Venice]
#545. Deception. -- N. deception
falseness
untruth
imposition
imposture
fraud
deceit
guile
fraudulence
knavery
misrepresentation
bluff
straw-bail
straw bid [U.S.];
spoof*
delusion
juggling
slight of hand
legerdemain
prestigiation|
prestidigitation
magic
conjuring
conjuration
hocus-pocus
trickery
coggery|
chicanery
circumvention
ingannation|
collusion
treachery
practical joke
trick
cheat
wile
blind
feint
plant
bubble
fetch
catch
chicane
juggle
reach
hocus
bite
card sharping
stacked deck
loaded
dice
quick shuffle
double dealing
dealing seconds
dealing from the
bottom of the deck
artful dodge
swindle
tricks upon travelers
stratagem
confidence trick
fake
hoax
theft
ballot-box
brace* game
bunko game
drop* game
gum*
game
panel game[U.S.]
shell game
thimblerig
skin* game [U.S.]
snare
trap
pitfall
decoy
gin
springle|
noose
hoot
bait
decoy-duck
tub to the whale
baited trap
guet-a-pens
cobweb
net
meshes
toils
mouse trap
birdlime
Venus's
ambush
trapdoor
sliding panel
false bottom;
spring-net
spring net
spring gun
mask
masked battery
mine;
green goods [U.S.]
panel house
Cornish hug
wolf in sheep's clothing
disguise
false colors
masquerade
mummery
borrowed plumes;
mockery
copy
counterfeit
sham
make-
believe
forgery
fraud
lie
"a delusion a mockery and a snare"
[Denman]
hollow mockery
whited sepulcher
painted sepulcher
tinsel
paste
junk jewelry
costume jewelry
false jewelry
synthetic jewels
ormolu
German silver
white metal
Britannia metal
paint
veneer
jerry building
man of straw
illusion
ignis fatuus
mirage
V. deceive
take in
defraud
cheat
jockey
do
cozen
diddle
nab
chouse
play one false
bilk
jilt
bite
pluck
swindle
victimize
abuse
mystify
blind one's eyes
blindfold
hoodwink
throw
dust into the eyes
dupe
gull
hoax
fool
bamboozle
flimflam
hornswoggle
trick
impose upon
practice upon
play upon
put upon
palm off on
palm
upon
foist upon
snatch a verdict
bluff off
bluff
bunko
four flush*
gum* [U.S.]
spoof*
stuff (a ballot box) [U.S.]
circumvent
overreach
outreach
out wit
out maneuver
steal a march
upon
give the go-by
to leave in the lurch
decoy
waylay
lure
beguile
delude
inveigle
entrap
ensnare
nick
set a trap
lay a trap
lay a snare for
bait
the hook
spread the toils
lime
trepan;
kidnap
let in
hook in
blind a trail
enmesh
shanghai
catch
catch in a trap
sniggle
entangle
hocus
practice on one's credulity
hum
humbug
gammon
stuff up*
sell
play a trick upon one
play a practical
joke upon one
put something over on one
put one over on
balk
trip up
throw a tub to a whale
fool to the top of one's bent
send on a fool's
errand
make game
make a fool of
make an ass
of
trifle with
cajole
flatter
come over
gild the
pill
make things pleasant
divert
put a good face upon
dissemble
544
cog
cog the dice
load the dice
stack the deck
live by one's wits
play at hide and seek
obtain money under false pretenses
conjure
juggle
practice chicanery
deacon [U.S.]
play off
palm off
foist off
fob- off
lie
misinform
mislead
betray
be deceived
Adj. deceived
deceiving
cunning
prestigious|
prestigiatory|
deceptive
deceitful
delusive
delusory
illusive
illusory
elusive
insidious
ad captandum
vulgus[Lat]
untrue
mock
sham
make-believe
counterfeit
snide*
pseudo
spurious
supposititious
so-called
pretended
feigned
trumped up
bogus
scamped
fraudulent
tricky
factitious;bastard
surreptitious
illegitimate
contraband
adulterated
sophisticated
unsound
rotten at
the core
colorable
disguised
meretricious
tinsel
pinchbeck
plated;
catchpenny
Brummagem
artificial
synthetic
ersatz[&German]
simulated
Adv. under false colors
under the garb of
under cover of
over the
left
Phr. "keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope"
[Macbeth]
fronti nulla fides[Lat]
"ah that deceit should steal such
gentle shapes" [Richard III]
"a quicksand of deceit" [Henry VI]
decipimur
specie recti [Lat][Horace]
falsi crimen[Lat]
fraus est celare
fraudem[Lat]
lupus in fabula[Lat]
"so smooth
he daubed his vice with
show of virtue" [Richard III]
#546. Untruth.-- N. untruth
falsehood
lie
story
thing that is not
fib
bounce
crammer
whopper
forgery
fabrication
invention
misstatement
misrepresentation;
perversion
falsification
gloss
suggestio falsi[Lat]
exaggeration
549
invention
fabrication
fiction
fable
nursery tale
romance
(imagination) 5
absurd story
untrue story
false story
trumped up
story
trumped up statement
thing devised by the enemy
canard
shave
sell
hum
traveler's tale
Canterbury tale
cock and bull story
fairy
tale
fake
claptrap
press agent's yarn
puff
puffery (exaggeration) 549
myth
moonshine
bosh
all my eye and Betty Martin
mare's nest
farce
irony
half truth
white lie
pious fraud
mental reservation
(concealment) 528
pretense
pretext
false plea
subterfuge
evasion
shift
shuffle
make-believe
sham
profession
empty words
Judas kiss
disguise
(mask) 530
V. have a false meaning
Adj. untrue
false
phony
trumped up
void of foundation
without-
foundation
fictive
far from the truth
false as dicer's oaths
unfounded
ben trovato[It]
invented
fabulous
fabricated
forged
fictitious
factitious
supposititious
surreptitious
illusory;
ironical
soi-disant
Phr. se non e vero e ben trovato[It]
"where none is meant that meets
the ear"[Milton]
#547. Dupe.-- N. dupe
gull
gudgeon
cull*
victim
pigeon
jay*
sucker*
laughingstock
Cyclops
simple Simon
flat
greenhorn
fool
puppet
cat's
paw
V. be deceived
be the dupe of
fall into a trap
swallow the
bait
nibble at the bait
bite
catch a Tartar
Adj. credulous
mistaken
#548. Deceiver.-- N. deceiver
dissembler
hypocrite
sophist
Pharisee
Jesuit
Pecksniff
Joseph
Surface
Janus
serpent
snake in the grass
cockatrice
Judas
wolf in sheep's clothing
jilt
shuffler|!
stool pigeon
liar
story-teller
perjurer
false witness
menteur a
bunko steerer* [U.S.]
carpetbagger*
[U.S.]
capper* [U.S.]
faker
fraud
four flusher*
ringer*
straw bidder [U.S.]
imposter
pretender
humbug
adventurer
Cagliostro
Fernam Mendez Pinto
ass in lion's skin
actor
player) 599
quack
charlatan
mountebank
empiric
quacksalver
Rosicrucian
gypsy
man of straw
conjuror
juggler
trickster
prestidigitator
jockey
crimp
decoy
decoy duck
rogue
knave
cheat
swindler
jobber
Phr. "saint abroad and a devil at home" [Bunyan]
#549. Exaggeration.-- N. exaggeration
expansion
hyperbole
stretch
strain
coloring
high coloring
caricature
extravagance
Baron Munchausen
men in buckram
yarn
fringe
embroidery
traveler's tale
fish story
gooseberry*
storm in a teacup
much ado about nothing
puff
puffery
rant
figure of speech
stretch of fancy
stretch of
the imagination
flight of fancy
false coloring
aggravation
V. exaggerate
magnify
pile up
aggravate
amplify
overestimate
hyperbolize
overcharge
overstate
overdraw
overlay
overshoot the mark
overpraise
make over much
over the most of
strain
strain over a point
stretch
stretch a point
go great lengths
spin a
long yarn
draw with a longbow
shoot with a longbow
deal in the
marvelous
out-Herod Herod
run riot
talk at random
heighten
color highly
color too highly;
flourish
color
puff
Adj. exaggerated
overwrought
bombastic
57
on stilts
fabulous
extravagant
preposterous
egregious
Adv. hyperbolically
Phr. excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo [Lat][Cicero]