liar

li·ar

noun \ˈlī(-ə)r\

Definition of LIAR

: a person who tells lies

Examples of LIAR

1. She called him a dirty liar.
2. <she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut>

Origin of LIAR

Middle English, from Old English lēogere, from lēogan to lie — more at lie

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to LIAR

Synonyms: fabricator, fabulist, fibber, prevaricator, storyteller

Related Words: exaggerator, mythomaniac; calumniator, defamer, libeler, libelist, slanderer; perjurer; distorter, falsifier; equivocator, palterer; gossip, gossiper, talebearer; charlatan, cheat, cheater, counterfeiter, cozener, deceiver, defrauder, dissembler, dissimulator, double-dealer, fraud, hustler, knave, mountebank, operator, pretender

Near Antonyms: square shooter

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Rhymes with LIAR

briar, choir, fire, gyre, hire, ire, mire, prior, sire, spire, squire, tier, tire, wire