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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

Navy attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat, and almost certain liars for their accounts of the incident.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

So do actors and performers like those on this show make better liars than previous contestants?

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

Ghosts and liars, Griff thought, as he surveyed their faces.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin