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liars

NOUN

person who tells falsehood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheat con artist perjurer phony storyteller

STRONG

deceiver dissimulator equivocator fabricator fabulist falsifier fibber maligner misleader prevaricator promoter trickster

WEAK

deluder fabler false witness

Example Sentences

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Ms. Adelman describes how Lewis’s specimens fell into the hands of a series of botanists—some of them charlatans, drunkards, liars or thieves—who squandered his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Good liars also tend to be intelligent, Wiseman says, citing salespeople, politicians and - ahem - performers among those who will be "pretty high self-monitors".

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

But unlike “All the President’s Men,” there is sympathy this time for the liars.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

When "60 Minutes" posted about their story on Musk-owned X, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency replied to call them liars.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

Did I mention that grown-ups are lying liars?

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm