liarli‧ar /ˈlaɪə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
Are you calling me a liar?COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa good liar (also an accomplished liar formal) (=someone who tells believable lies)· He's an accomplished liar who lies as easily as other men breathe.a terrible/poor/rotten liar (=who does not tell believable lies)· You're a rotten liar, Julia. What really happened?a big liar spoken (=someone who tells big lies)· You're such a big liar!a habitual/chronic/inveterate liar formal (=who lies a lot)· Drug users are often habitual liars trying to cover up their addiction.a congenital/pathological/compulsive liar formal (=who tells lies because it is part of their personality to do so)· He called her a congenital liar who would say anything to stay out of trouble.verbscall somebody a liar (=say that someone is lying)· Are you calling my mother a liar?accuse somebody of being a liar· He accused me of being a liar.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Coleman described the president as a "pathological liar" and "a criminal in the White House."
- She may be stupid, but she's not a liar.
- But I don't think you're quite as good a liar as you think you are.
- For Hugh the world was almost chock-full of traitors and liars and fools.
- He can't possibly be a scientist and at the same time such a dreadful liar.
- Of course, in that environment, being a congenital liar was small potatoes.
- We condemn the liar, blame the cheat, and excuse innocent error.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who lies
· She may be stupid, but she's not a liar.call somebody a liar · Are you calling me a liar?compulsive/habitual/pathological liar (=someone who cannot stop telling lies) · Coleman described the president as a "pathological liar" and "a criminal in the White House."
someone who tells lies, especially ones that are not very important: · You are such a fibber!
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives He’s a congenital liar.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(also an accomplished liar formal) (=someone who tells believable lies)· He's an accomplished liar who lies as easily as other men breathe.
(=who does not tell believable lies)· You're a rotten liar, Julia. What really happened?
spoken (=someone who tells big lies)· You're such a big liar!
formal (=who lies a lot)· Drug users are often habitual liars trying to cover up their addiction.
formal (=who tells lies because it is part of their personality to do so)· He called her a congenital liar who would say anything to stay out of trouble.
verbs (=say that someone is lying)· Are you calling my mother a liar?
· He accused me of being a liar.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He’s a congenital liar.· Anyway, everybody knows you're the biggest liar in the mill.· Maybe this kid was just one big liar.· The white father promised long ago that I could go back to my home, but the white men are big liars.
· A day didn't pass now during which it failed to occur to her that she had borne two congenital liars.· Safire, who ungentlemanly called Hillary a congenital liar, knows something of which he speaks.· Of course, in that environment, being a congenital liar was small potatoes.
· But I don't think you're quite as good a liar as you think you are.· A good liar and a bold thief he may be, but on most counts Tutilo is as innocent as a babe.· Each of us was a good liar.
VERB· Each calls the other a liar.· Whoever heard of calling a nun a liar?· He called me a liar, he hung up on me, he called me stupid.· He didn't actually call her a liar out loud, but it was clear that he didn't believe her.· Safire, who ungentlemanly called Hillary a congenital liar, knows something of which he speaks.· To call some one a liar is downright insulting.· Was he supposed to call them liars?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► inveterate liar/smoker/womanizer etc
- Characters are apparently motiveless, compulsive liars, who shy from eye contact.
- I imagine compulsive gamblers get started this way.
- Mel is a compulsive liar too, but I guess Steve is too self-obsessed to care.
- Most compulsive gamblers are not hugely successful.
- He's a professional complainer - I've encountered hundreds of them in my time.
- Maurice breaks his promises so consistently that he begins to seem a professional liar.
WORD FAMILYnounliarlieadjectivelyingverblie
someone who deliberately says things which are not true: Are you calling me a liar?COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa good liar (also an accomplished liar formal) (=someone who tells believable lies)· He's an accomplished liar who lies as easily as other men breathe.a terrible/poor/rotten liar (=who does not tell believable lies)· You're a rotten liar, Julia. What really happened?a big liar spoken (=someone who tells big lies)· You're such a big liar!a habitual/chronic/inveterate liar formal (=who lies a lot)· Drug users are often habitual liars trying to cover up their addiction.a congenital/pathological/compulsive liar formal (=who tells lies because it is part of their personality to do so)· He called her a congenital liar who would say anything to stay out of trouble.verbscall somebody a liar (=say that someone is lying)· Are you calling my mother a liar?accuse somebody of being a liar· He accused me of being a liar.