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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I do think she’s calling the supermajority liars.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

“Their entire case is built on murderer’s row — a bunch of liars just trying to get out of jail,” Tedford said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

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

In the same TMZ special, Alan Abrahamson, a former Los Angeles Times reporter who covered the Menendez trials in the 1990s, said the brothers are "two of the most skilled and accomplished liars".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

“Only fools and liars speak with certainty about things beyond their control,” he replied.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti