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Canard

/kəˈnɑːd/

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

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noun

1
A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
2
A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
3
Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Canard"

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hoaxnoun	Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
lienoun	(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
ducknoun	An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
ducksnoun	(British, chiefly Northern England, used vocatively) Dear (used as a pet name).
duckynoun	An affectionate pet name.
goosenoun	Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.
misreportnoun	A false report.
fake newsnoun	Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.
scandalmongerynoun	The act of listening to and telling scandalous rumors.
deceptionnoun	An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
calumnynoun	(countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
fictionnoun	(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
falsehoodnoun	(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
falsificationnoun	The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
calumniationnoun	A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
linenoun	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
parajournalismnoun	The deceptive use of journalistic style and presentation to publish falsehoods.
alternative factnoun	(politics, media) Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie.
mendacitynoun	(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.