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liar
liara person who does not tell the truth; falsifier, perjurer, prevaricator: a dirty, rotten liar
Not to be confused with:lyre – a stringed musical instrumentli·ar L0147500 (lī′ər)n. One that tells lies.liar (ˈlaɪə) na person who has lied or lies repeatedlyli•ar (ˈlaɪ ər)
n. a person who tells lies. [before 950; Middle English lier, Old English lēogere. See lie1, -ar1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  liar - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedlyprevaricatorbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truefalse witness, perjurer - a person who deliberately gives false testimonyfabricator, fibber, storyteller - someone who tells liessquare shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter - a frank and honest person |
liarnoun falsifier, storyteller (informal), perjurer, fibber, fabricator, prevaricator He was a liar and a cheat.Quotations
"A liar should have a good memory" [Quintilian Institutio Oratoria]liarnounOne who tells lies:fabricator, fabulist, falsifier, fibber, prevaricator.Informal: storyteller.Law: perjurer.Translationslie1 (lai) noun a false statement made with the intention of deceiving. It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't. 謊話 谎话 verb – present participle ˈlying: past tense, past participle lied – to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving. There's no point in asking her – she'll just lie about it. 說謊 说谎liar (ˈlaiə) noun a person who tells lies, especially as a habit. You can't trust what she says – she's such a liar. 愛說謊的人 说谎的人
see also lay1. liar
barefaced liarOne who tells blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruths easily and with little or no attempt to disguise the lie. Everyone knows he is just a barefaced liar. It's a wonder anyone believes a thing he says anymore.See also: barefaced, liarbald-faced liarOne who tells blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruths easily and with little or no attempt to disguise the lie. Everyone knows he is just a bald-faced liar. It's a wonder anyone believes a thing he says anymore.See also: liarbold-faced liarOne who tells blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruths easily and with little or no attempt to disguise the lie. Everyone knows he is just a bold-faced liar. It's a wonder anyone believes a thing he says anymore.See also: liara/the liar is not believed when he tells the truthA person who gains a reputation for being dishonest will not be believed about anything, even the truth. You've become so adept at taking advantage of your friends' goodwill, that you're going to run into trouble should you even genuinely need help. The liar is not believed when he tells the truth. You need to stop spinning these tall tales, Frankie, or people will start believing you to be nothing but a liar—and a liar is not believed even when he tells the truth.See also: believe, he, liar, not, tell, truthliar is not believed (even) when he tells the truthProv. If people think that you are a liar, they will not believe anything you say. As it turned out, Fred was right when he warned his friends that the police were planning to raid their party; but they paid no attention to him, since they knew him to be a liar, and a liar is not believed even when he tells the truth.See also: believe, he, liar, not, tell, truthbarefaced lie/liarA shamelessly bold untruth/prevaricator. Bare here means bold-faced or brazen, but one writer speculates that barefaced, which dates from the late sixteenth century, originally meant “beardless,” a condition perhaps considered audacious in all but the youngest men. In any event, by the late seventeenth century it also meant bold and became attached to lie in succeeding years. See also naked truth.See also: barefaced, liar, lieliar, liar, pants on fireA schoolyard taunt to someone suspected of prevaricating. It also is used by adults, although not usually in a serious sense. However, former New York mayor Edward I. Koch, berating politicians who failed to sign on to remake the state’s ineffective government, said, “You’re either on the side of the angels, or you’re a bum. And if the angels betray their pledges, I’m going to run around the state screaming, ‘Liar, liar, pants on fire!’” (New York Times, August 8, 2010). And a cartoon by Mike Luckovich shows one character with flames on his pants, saying “The evidence is overwhelming, global warming’s real . . .” while the other replies, “Liar, liar, pants on fire” (Boston Globe, July 23, 2010).See also: fire, on, pantLiar
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liar
Related to liar: Pathological liar, Compulsive liarSynonyms for liarnoun falsifierSynonyms- falsifier
- storyteller
- perjurer
- fibber
- fabricator
- prevaricator
Synonyms for liarnoun one who tells liesSynonyms- fabricator
- fabulist
- falsifier
- fibber
- prevaricator
- storyteller
- perjurer
Synonyms for liarnoun a person who has lied or who lies repeatedlySynonymsRelated Words- beguiler
- cheater
- deceiver
- trickster
- slicker
- cheat
- false witness
- perjurer
- fabricator
- fibber
- storyteller
Antonyms- square shooter
- straight arrow
- straight shooter
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