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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

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

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

It’s impressive to watch the meticulous and dogged Stéphanie put together the pieces and make the liars squirm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 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

“That’s what I hate, the liars, and they’re all liars. That’s what it is. I love to show them up. I love to rub their noses in their own nastiness.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck