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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

"Myself and a number of the other men who were involved in the safeguarding were referred to as Satanists, we were called liars and we were called rebels," Doone said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Did suffering among the two-faced liars of L.A. ever lead her to question her commitment to music?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

This a very common technique, and it’s quite forcefully back in fashion: Survivors and the reporters who tell their stories are just liars.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025

Self-confidence is everything for military geniuses, liars like me, and decorators in trouble with the government.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen