Lie synonyms
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Part of speech:
An intentional misstatement
Exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally (Ex: He's as strong as an ox.)
A statement that twists fact; a misrepresentation.
A story or account of true, legendary, or fictitious events; narrative
The act or practice of deceiving
An untrue statement; falsehood; lie
Narrative, explanatory material, or belief that is not true or has been imagined or fabricated:
The quality of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy
A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society:
dirty lie
An intentional misstatement
The condition of being mendacious; untruthfulness.
tall-story
A tale or an account of questionable veracity; a lie.
A fabricating or being fabricated; construction; manufacture
An intentional misstatement
Ill repute, disgrace, or infamy resulting from this
(Law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
To twist out of shape; change the usual or normal shape, form, or appearance of
To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope:
be established
To be situated
An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events:
deceptiveness
The state or quality of being deceptive
disinformation
The dissemination of intentionally false information to deliberately confuse or mislead.
barefaced-lie
An intentional misstatement
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
inoperative statement
An intentional misstatement
The telling of a lie or lies
A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation. A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation.
Showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong
An intentional misstatement
Any plan, action, or device used to hide one's true objective, evade a difficult or unpleasant situation, etc.; stratagem; artifice
The act of defaming; calumny, slander, or libel.
A taking away; detracting
An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.
A false and malicious statement meant to hurt someone's reputation
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
A sprinkling, especially with holy water.
The act of reviling.
An intentional misstatement
false swearing
An intentional misstatement
The crime of willfully and knowingly making a false statement about a material fact while under oath.
The legally indefensible publication or broadcast of words or images that are degrading to a person or injurious to his or her reputation.
The act of forging something, especially the unlawful act of counterfeiting a document or object for the purposes of fraud or deception.
garbled version
An intentional misstatement
An often trivial, diplomatic or well-intentioned untruth.
corker
One that corks bottles, for example.
An exaggerated or boastful story; a tall tale.
lollapalooza
(Informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
Anything extraordinarily large
cock-and-bull
An intentional misstatement
One that is worn-out, decrepit, or impaired; a wreck.
Whiskey unlawfully distilled; often, specif., such whiskey made from corn and not matured in barrels
Useless or insincere talk, writing, etc.
The act or an instance of evading.
To make false by altering or adding to:
To turn aside from, or evade, the truth; equivocate
tell a lie
To utter an untruth
To use equivocal terms in order to deceive, mislead, hedge, etc.; be deliberately ambiguous
To concoct in order to deceive:
To give a wrong impression or lead toward a wrong conclusion, especially by intentionally deceiving.
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information.
To state wrongly or falsely.
misspeak
To speak mistakenly, inappropriately, or rashly.
tell a falsehood
To utter an untruth
be untruthful
To utter an untruth
To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer engage in (an activity or habit, for example):
be a liar
To utter an untruth
To deceive (an unwary person).
To cause to turn from what is considered right, good, or true; misdirect; lead astray; corrupt
To interlock or interlace:
To state in exaggerated terms.
To add grace notes, syncopated accents, trills, etc. to (a melody)
To exaggerate
To make an overdraft.
To hide or disguise by adopting a false appearance.
To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
perjure oneself
To utter an untruth
(Obs.) To elude or frustrate
To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about (someone).
To think up; devise or fabricate in the mind
To produce (art, literature, etc.) in a way regarded as mechanical and uninspired
To utter an untruth
To utter an untruth
To be capricious; trifle.
To deceive by guile or charm:
tell a white lie
To utter an untruth
stretch-the-truth
(Idiomatic) to exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.
spin a long yarn
To utter an untruth
To make (one's way) with driving force
make out of whole cloth
To utter an untruth
To be or become long, large, or comprehensive:
be on
To be situated
be beside
To be situated
be located
To be situated
be fixed
To be situated
be placed
To be situated
be seated
To be situated
be set
To be situated
be level
To be situated
be smooth
To be situated
be-even
To be situated
be plane
To be situated
exist in space
To be situated
To use persuasion or inducement successfully. Often used with on, upon, or with.
To suffer patiently without yielding.
stretch along
To be situated
reach along
To be situated
spread along
To be situated
be recumbent
To be prostrate
be helpless
To be prostrate
be supine
To be prostrate
be exhausted
To be prostrate
be flat
To be prostrate
be prone
To be prostrate
To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
To move, stand, or recline in an indolent or relaxed manner.
To be idle; loaf:
be stretched out
To be prostrate
be powerless
To be prostrate
be thrown down
To be prostrate
lie-down
To assume a prostrate position
To cause to recline.
To lie quiet and calm
To assume a prostrate position
To lie in a pile, as decomposing leaves
To assume a prostrate position
To cause to retire from a position, job, or office
take a nap
To assume a prostrate position
take a siesta
To assume a prostrate position
(Idiomatic) To go to bed.
truth (antonym)
veracity (antonym)
truthfulness (antonym)
stand (antonym)
be upright (antonym)
sit (antonym)
rise (antonym)
get up (antonym)
arise (antonym)
dishonesty (related)
trick (related)
occupy (related)
rest (related)
sleep (related)
Of the lowest degree; miserable; wretched
Unpleasantly loud and noisy:
False; untrue:
prevaricative
tergiversatory
A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and serving as a horizontal stabilizer.
The use of equivocal language.
fabulation
The act or result of fabulating; a fabrication.
Lack of veracity; untruthfulness.
roorback
Alternative form of roorbach.
subreption
Deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of facts so as to gain some benefit or advantage
To expose oneself to pleasant warmth.
To give a false impression:
To continue to be; persist:
fabulate
To engage in the composition of fables or stories, especially those featuring a strong element of fantasy:
To refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer; hedge
To become downcast or pine away in longing:
(Rare) To locate
Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
To continue in the same state or condition:
To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes in order to reach a compromise or simply to make a conversation more temperate.
To use evasions or subterfuge; equivocate
fact (antonym)
honesty (antonym)
straighten (antonym)
tell truth (antonym)
be honest (antonym)
Also used with down: recline
To be or place oneself in a prostrate or recumbent position.
To increase the quantity of by admixture or dilution:
To be characterized (by something); have its existence (in)
To fasten one's attention on something, especially moodily or persistently:
To be inherent or innate.
To live in a place permanently or for an extended period.
(Idiomatic) A greatly exaggerated, fantastic story.
horizontal (related)
continue (related)
true (related)
Trygve Lie
Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
Trygve Halvden Lie
Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
(Archaic) To be brought to bed in childbirth.
A falsehood; a lie.
(Uncountable) The state of being untruthful; dishonesty.
(Law) Oral communication of false and malicious statements that damage the reputation of another.
A trick or stratagem.
To be an improper or bad representative of
To consider, represent, or cause to appear as larger, more important, or more extreme than is actually the case; overstate:
To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
say one thing and mean another
To utter an untruth
To pass (time) in a lazy, relaxed, or idle way:
start (related)
lay (related)
Synonym Study
- Fib imp lie s the telling of a falsehood about something unimportant and is sometimes a euphemism for lie
- Fabricate suggests the invention of a false story, excuse, etc. intended to deceive but may be somewhat softer in connotation than lie
- Equivocate implies the deliberate use of ambiguity in order to deceive or mislead
- Prevaricate strictly means to quibble or confuse the issue in order to evade the truth, but it is loosely used as a formal or affected substitute for lie
- Lie is the simple direct word meaning to make a deliberately false statement
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