| NOUN | person | liar, prevaricator | a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly |
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| Sounds | lay'er | |
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| Rhymes | acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... | |
| Meaning | A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly. | |
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| Synonym | prevaricator | |
| Instances | Ananias | A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying) |
| Narrower | perjurer, false witness | A person who deliberately gives false testimony |
| storyteller, fibber, fabricator | someone who tells lies | |
| Broader | deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
| Opposite | square shooter, straight shooter, straight arrow | A frank and honest person |
| Spanish | embustero, falsario, mentirosa, mentiroso, prevaricador | |
| Catalan | mentider, prevaricador | |
| Verbs | lie | tell an untruth |
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