Synonyms of liars

liars

noun

plural of liar

as in storytellers

a person who tells lies

she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut

Synonyms & Similar Words

• storytellers
• prevaricators
• fabricators
• fabulists
• fibbers
• cheats
• gossipers
• exaggerators
• gossips
• defamers
• frauds
• perjurers
• deceivers
• slanderers
• falsifiers
• calumniators
• distorters
• charlatans
• knaves
• cheaters
• dissemblers
• pretenders
• libelers
• operators
• mountebanks
• defrauders
• counterfeiters
• equivocators
• mythomaniacs
• hustlers
• libelists
• cozeners
• palterers
• talebearers
• dissimulators
• double-dealers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• square shooters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of liars

The attempts to save Platner in the high stakes campaign to defeat Republican incumbent Susan Collins involved portraying Platner’s accusers, women, as vengeful liars. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

O'Toole said psychopaths like Heuermann are pathological liars. — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

Debbie Fox, a retiree in Arvada, had met some liars on dating apps before. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026

What is clear is their intense bond, the brash intimacy of people addicted to repartee and raised by liars. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026

But that would make stage actors liars. — Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026

Lerner’s work, which abounds with liars, fiction begets fiction. — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026

Conspiracy theories offer control and expertise in a world that seems chaotic and full of liars. — Mike Rothschild, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

Your competition at this point in the Netflix dating show’s run will include 10 seasons’ worth of cheaters and liars, clout chasers and schmoozers and players. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026