Lying Synonyms and Antonyms

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In the act of lying
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. untruthful
  2. falsifying
  3. prevaricating
  4. swearing falsely
  5. committing perjury
  6. fibbing
  7. misstating
  8. misrepresenting
  9. inventing
  10. dissimulating
  11. equivocating
  12. malingering
Antonyms:
  1. truthful
  2. frank
  3. honest
  4. veracious
  5. direct
Given to lying
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dishonest
  2. deceitful
  3. mendacious
  4. untruthful
  5. false
  6. unreliable
  7. fibbing
  8. fraudulent
  9. double-dealing
  10. misleading
  11. treacherous
To make untrue declarations
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. prevaricating
  2. forswearing
  3. fibbing
  4. falsifying
Not reliable
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. unsound
  2. tricky
  3. treacherous
Prostrate
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. supine
  2. reclining
  3. jacent
  4. resting
  5. horizontal
  6. procumbent
  7. resupine
  8. reposing
  9. recumbent
  10. flat
  11. fallen
  12. prone
  13. crashed
  14. dropped
  15. tumbled
  16. powerless. See syn. study at dishonest.dishonest
  17. powerless
Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. resting
  2. lazing
  3. stretching
  4. lolling
  5. reposing
  6. sprawling
Antonyms:
  1. sitting
  2. standing
  3. straightening
  4. arising
To assume a prostrate position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retiring
  2. stretching
  3. couching
  4. reposing
  5. reclining
Antonyms:
  1. arising
  2. rising
To be situated
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. enduring
  2. prevailing
  3. extending
The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. prevarication
  2. fabrication
Disposed to or characterized by untruth:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dishonest

Words Related to Lying

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Lying Sentence Examples

  • She couldn't help feeling disappointed; space looked no different than it had when she was lying on the roof of Evelyn's house.

  • They're lying on your bed.

  • I wasn't lying, I just wasn't telling everything.

  • He was lying, sure enough.

  • Her eyes were bloodshot but otherwise she looked pale lying on the sheets like a limp doll.

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