Synonyms for lying

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1. In the act of lying

   untruthful, falsifying, prevaricating, swearing falsely, committing perjury, fibbing, misstating, misrepresenting, inventing, dissimulating, equivocating, malingering.

   Antonyms frank*, truthful, veracious.

2. Given to lying

   dishonest, deceitful, unreliable, double-dealing; see dishonest 1, 2.

3. Not reliable

   unsound, tricky, treacherous; see false 2, unreliable 2.

4. Prostrate

   supine, reclining, jacent, resting, horizontal, procumbent, resupine, reposing, recumbent, flat, fallen, prone, crashed, dropped, tumbled, powerless. See syn. study at dishonest.dishonest.