liarnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈlaɪ.ər/us/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/B2 someone who tells lies:
He's such a liar - you can't trust a word he says.
[ as form of address ] You liar - I never touched it!
More examples
- I never trust anything he says - the man's an inveterate liar.
- Anthony's a pathological liar.
- New evidence from a self-confessed liar was not enough to justify a retrial.
- She had the temerity to call me a liar.
- I'm not calling you a liar - I'm just suggesting that you misunderstood the facts of the situation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dishonest people
- bullshit
- charmer
- cheat
- cheater
- deceive
- fibber
- hoax
- hustler
- hypocrite
- knave
- perjure
- profiteer
- ringer
- scammer
- scheme
- trickster
- wheeler-dealer