» liar
Words people most associate with “liar”:
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Noun (1 meaning)
1. a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
liar is the opposite of:
- square shooter, straight shooter, straight arrow (noun) - a frank and honest person
liar is a type of:
- deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker (noun) - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
types of liar:
- perjurer, false witness (noun) - a person who deliberately gives false testimony
- storyteller, fibber, fabricator (noun) - someone who tells lies
instances of liar:
- Ananias (noun) - a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying)
liar is derivationally related to:
- to beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter (verb) - be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- to lie (verb) - tell an untruth