whopper

whop·per

noun \ˈhwä-pər, ˈwä-\

Definition of WHOPPER

1

: something unusually large or otherwise extreme of its kind

2

: an extravagant or monstrous lie

Examples of WHOPPER

1. That's a whopper of a diamond ring.
2. He told us a real whopper.

Origin of WHOPPER

¹whop

First Known Use: circa 1712

Related to WHOPPER

Synonyms: fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, mendacity, prevarication, story, tale, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), untruth, lie

Antonyms: truth

Related Words: distortion, exaggeration, half-truth; ambiguity, equivocation, obliquity; defamation, libel, slander; perjury; bluff, fiction, pose, pretense (or pretence); humbug, jive, nonsense; canard, fallacy, misconception, myth; falsification, misinformation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement; deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, duplicity, fraudulence

Near Antonyms: fact, truism, verity; honesty, truthfulness, veracity; authentication, confirmation, substantiation, validation, verification

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Rhymes with WHOPPER

bopper, chopper, copper, cropper, dropper, flopper, hopper, lopper, mopper, popper, proper, shopper, stopper, swapper, topper