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lie


These are words and phrases related to lie. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of lie.

TO SAY SOMETHING NOT TRUE IN ORDER TO DECEIVE


All she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.

Synonyms and examples


tell a lie
I cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.
lie through your teeth
informal
He lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.
fib
informal
I don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful.
mislead
I'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.
delude
He's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.
invent
There's no need to invent excuses for not going - just decline the invitation.
concoct
She concocted the wildest stories to get out of attending class.
feed someone a line
disapproving
He fed me some line about how his dog was sick and cancelled our date.
make something up
You never met The Beatles! You're just making that up.
fabricate
The suspects admited to having fabricated their alibis on the night of the robbery and were charged with grand theft.
distort
Reporters have distorted the facts of the case so badly, and influenced the jury through their bad reporting, that the judge has declared a mistrial.
twist
disapproving
She accused her opponent of twisting the truth about her time in Parliament.
misrepresent
I have been misrepresented by my opponent as a socialist when nothing could be further from the truth.
stretch the truth
I have published a book that sold very well, but it's stretching the truth to say that I was on the best-seller lists.
put something about/around
UKinformal
She put it about that her husband was going to be knighted.
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If you lie, you say something that is untrue in order to deceive someone.

lie | American Thesaurus


lie


noun
These are words and phrases related to lie. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of lie.
The testimony was a pack of transparent lies.

Synonyms


falsehood
prevarication
falsification
untruth
fib
fiction
invention
fabrication
story
false story
perjury
deception
deceit
misrepresentation
equivocation

Antonyms


truth
veracity
fact
gospel

lie


verb
The witness lied to the jury.

Synonyms


perjure oneself
prevaricate
falsify
speak falsely
fabricate
tell untruths
forswear oneself
fib
embellish
embroider
romance
stretch the truth
equivocate
misstate
Lie here until the dizziness goes away.

Synonyms


recline
rest
repose
be supine
be flat
be prone
sprawl
loll
lounge
stretch out

Antonyms


rise
arise
stand
be active
go
change
run
The king lies now in his final resting place.

Synonyms


be buried
be interred
repose
The village lies north of here. The responsibility lies with the driver.

Synonyms


be placed
be located
be found
exist
remain
abide
rest
stay
inhere
belong
be present
be established
obtain
range
extend
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