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a person who tells lies
she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut
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Recent Examples of liars
The world is full of bad actors—cheats, liars, tyrants, sickos—who are, ultimately, mere human beings; at least, this was how rationality would have it.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
There were no suggestions that good family friends were liars or backstabbers, no angry exchanges between a man’s wife and the same man’s sister.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.
—John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
While still confident there will be liars, the strategist is grateful for the new procedure.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
The straight characters all had love interests whose lives were illustrated and explored beyond the scope of the liars’, and even Emily’s next love interest, Paige (Lindsey Shaw), felt more fleshed out, but Maya (Bianca Lawson) fell into the disposable Black girlfriend trope heavily.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Records later released from that case show the prosecutor presented the girls molested by Epstein as prostitutes and liars when speaking to the grand jury.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
But one scholar, Anthony Grafton, who about thirty years ago published Forgers and Critics, focused on how in the early modern period, there was this enormous flourishing not only of culture but also of liars.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
His storyline becomes a quest for truth within a shelter built on fantasies and populated by liars.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
There were no suggestions that good family friends were liars or backstabbers, no angry exchanges between a man’s wife and the same man’s sister.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.
—John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
While still confident there will be liars, the strategist is grateful for the new procedure.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
The straight characters all had love interests whose lives were illustrated and explored beyond the scope of the liars’, and even Emily’s next love interest, Paige (Lindsey Shaw), felt more fleshed out, but Maya (Bianca Lawson) fell into the disposable Black girlfriend trope heavily.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Records later released from that case show the prosecutor presented the girls molested by Epstein as prostitutes and liars when speaking to the grand jury.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
But one scholar, Anthony Grafton, who about thirty years ago published Forgers and Critics, focused on how in the early modern period, there was this enormous flourishing not only of culture but also of liars.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
His storyline becomes a quest for truth within a shelter built on fantasies and populated by liars.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liars
storytellers
Noun
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Adventures have taken children and parents from the Caribbean to India to Japan, bringing local storytellers, craftsmen, and guides into the narrative.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Robert Redford loved storytellers.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Liars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liars. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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