Synonyms of fudge

fudge 1 of 2

noun

as in nuts

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

I was starting to realize that Grandpa's tales about when he was a boy were a lot of fudge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nuts
• nonsense
• garbage
• drool
• rubbish
• jazz
• blah
• stupidity
• silliness
• bunk
• beans
• muck
• boloney
• baloney
• fiddle
• craziness
• balderdash
• crock
• humbuggery
• trash
• fiddlesticks
• bunkum
• flapdoodle
• claptrap
• falderal
• applesauce
• insanity
• foolishness
• bull
• twaddle
• buncombe
• hokum
• guff
• malarky
• blatherskite
• rot
• tarradiddle
• poppycock
• punk
• hogwash
• tosh
• piffle
• madness
• blarney
• folderol
• blither
• codswallop
• blah-blah
• bilge
• trumpery
• malarkey
• tommyrot
• fiddle-faddle
• blather
• hooey
• bosh
• taradiddle
• humbug
• moonshine
• drivel
• hokeypokey
• horsefeathers
• nerts
• crapola
• slush
• flannel
• absurdity
• folly
• hoodoo
• absurdness
• gas
• greek
• idiocy
• inaneness
• senselessness
• kookiness
• monkey business
• tomfoolery
• rigamarole
• foolery
• lunacy
• inanity
• imbecility
• hot air
• monkeyshine(s)
• rigmarole
• shenanigan(s)
• witlessness
• hocus-pocus
• fatuity
• asininity
• double-talk
• hoity-toity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonableness
• rationality
• sense
• common sense
• horse sense
• judgment
• judgement
• sensibleness
• reasonability
• levelheadedness
• wisdom
• discernment

fudge

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verb

ˈfəj 

1

as in to weasel

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

the candidate was criticized for fudging on most of the questions during the debate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weasel
• shake
• waffle
• equivocate
• hedge
• duck
• beat about the bush
• dodge
• beat around the bush
• pussyfoot
• hem and haw
• evade
• straddle the fence
• elude
• tergiversate
• eschew
• shun
• skirt
• yo-yo
• flip-flop
• circumvent
• bypass
• sidestep
• cavil
• quibble
• shirk
• straddle

2

as in to cheat

to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal

she's been fudging on her taxes for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• finagle
• chicane
• crib
• falsify
• distort
• misrepresent
• elaborate
• pad
• evade
• exaggerate
• misstate
• fake
• warp
• tamper (with)
• color
• embellish
• misinterpret
• pervert
• twist
• stretch
• doctor
• embroider
• dodge
• hedge
• magnify

3

as in to distort

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distort
• misrepresent
• cook
• falsify
• misstate
• twist
• obscure
• pervert
• slant
• complicate
• color
• warp
• misinterpret
• garble
• misrelate
• bend
• confuse
• mistake
• mask
• censor
• disguise
• camouflage
• whitewash
• lie
• veil
• dissemble
• gloss (over)
• misspeak
• equivocate
• misdescribe
• prevaricate
• fib
• mistranslate
• mystify
• bowdlerize
• mix (up)
• palter
• confound
• belie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explain
• interpret
• clarify
• illustrate
• clear (up)
• spell out
• illuminate
• decipher

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fudge

Noun

My expectation is that TikTok’s shutdown won’t happen again, all the ingredients are now in place for a neat fudge. —Zak Doffman, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

Here's what our Test Kitchen has to share: Make-ahead strategy: Chocolate fudge frosting can be made the day before, covered, and stored at room temp until ready to use. —Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024

Verb

Kelly Clarkson is looking back on American Idol's early days — and accidentally fudging some crucial details. —Bailey Richards, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024

Crypto is shaping up to be another venture for the wealthy to fudge the numbers, as a report from Chainalysis notes. —Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024