FUDGED Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in manipulated

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verb

past tense of fudge

as in weaseled

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 cheated

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

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as in distorted

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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Orange Lutheran reexamined the paperwork, found it had been fudged, self-reported its findings to the CIF-SS office and now is 2-6 overall going into Friday’s game against Santa Margarita. — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025 Local police department statistics show violent crime in Washington has declined in recent years, but Trump has countered, without offering evidence, that the numbers were fudged. — Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025 The last time Tesla tried to reward and incentivize Musk, a $56 billion pay package granted in 2018 tied to revenue and market-capitalization milestones was twice nixed by a Delaware court, which ruled the company had fudged its disclosures to shareholders. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025 If the final numbers were fudged, employees who worked on inputs to those numbers would realize that and speak up, Hall said. — Paul Davidson, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025

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What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.

— Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of manipulated

Verb

The rest of us just got the surface, but who could feel cheated?

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Child safety advocates and some parents have welcomed age restrictions, while privacy groups say the rules can be cheated and that forcing users to supply identification raises privacy concerns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheated

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The federal case was based on allegations the social media giant misrepresented the extent of child mental health harms caused by apps like Facebook and Instagram.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
That’s especially true for Black communities that have been harmfully misrepresented by mainstream outlets.

— Danielle K. Brown, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of misrepresented

Adjective

According to Rover's data, non-designer mixed breeds again pawed their way to the #1 spot — and into America's heart.

— Liz Gray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Because cap-toe flats were popularized by Chanel, the detail immediately makes even non-designer shoes look more expensive.

— Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

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