English > liar: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly. |
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| Synonym | prevaricator |
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| Instances | Ananias | A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying) |
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| Narrower | perjurer, false witness | A person who deliberately gives false testimony |
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| 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 |
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| Opposite | square shooter, straight shooter, straight arrow | A frank and honest person |
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| Spanish | embustero, falsario, mentirosa, mentiroso, prevaricador |
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| Catalan | mentider, prevaricador |
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| Verbs | lie | tell an untruth |
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