lie

a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive he wanted to deny the accusation, but he couldn't tell a lie Synonyms fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, mendacity, prevarication, story, tale, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), untruth, whopper Related Words distortion, exaggeration, half-truth; ambiguity, equivocation, obliquity; defamation, libel, slander; perjury; bluff, fiction, pose, pretense (or pretence); humbug, jive, nonsense; canard, fallacy, misconception, myth; falsification, misinformation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement; deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, duplicity, fraudulence Near Antonyms fact, truism, verity; honesty, truthfulness, veracity; authentication, confirmation, substantiation, validation, verification Antonyms truth

to make a statement one knows to be untrue would I lie to you about that? Synonyms fabricate, fib, prevaricate Related Words forswear (also foreswear), perjure; equivocate, fudge, palter; beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, snow, take in, trick; defame, libel, slander, traduce; falsify, misreport, misrepresent, misstate; distort, garble; dissemble, dissimulate; misguide, misinform, mislead Near Antonyms assert, swear, testify; authenticate, confirm, substantiate, validate, verify

1 to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the train tracks lie just over that hill Synonyms bear, extend, go, head, lead, lieRelated Words cross, cut, pass; course, follow, span, traverse

2 to occupy a place or location I left the book lying on the counter Synonyms be, bear, lie, sitRelated Words command, overlook; hang around, remain, rest, stay, stick around, tarry; await, wait; post, station; dwell, reside

3 to remain out of sight paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout Synonyms hole up, lie, lurk, repose, skulkRelated Words slink, sneak; avoid, elude, evadeNear Antonyms come out, materialize, show up, turn upAntonyms appear