LIED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

lied

verb

Definition of lied

past tense of lie

as in deceived

to make a statement one knows to be untrue would I lie to you about that?

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Recent Examples of lied Fielder intentionally stays away from relitigating the Theranos scandal, but does so just enough to introduce doubt in the minds of the audience about whether Elizabeth actually lied about the capabilities of the Theranos technology. — Tyler Shultz, STAT, 19 Oct. 2026 Shea initially lied about the discrepancy but later confessed, according to Merriweather. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 The film follows the creation of OpenAI; the man who made the technology, Ilya Sutskever (Yura Borisov); and how OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (Andrew Garfield) lied his way into leading the world’s most dangerous technology. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026 The stars lied about their romance in press interviews for decades afterward. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 The Bass campaign, citing the fact that Raman appeared on Piker’s stream the same day, fired off an email to reporters claiming the councilmember had lied about her reasons for missing the Jewish heritage event. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Nantambu spent a month in a Middle Eastern jail before proving that Brown lied. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 OpenAI revealed that the Hugging Face hack wasn't the only time its bots had lied, cheated, and hidden its tracks from humans. — David Pogue, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 That, to me, is a relevant piece of information, and if someone stood at the podium and lied, that’s very valuable too. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lied

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Attorneys for New Mexico argued that the state's entire population, not just Facebook users, were deceived by the company's public statements about privacy on the platform.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Attorneys for New Mexico argued that the state’s entire population, not just Facebook users, were deceived by the company’s public statements about privacy on the platform.

— Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceived

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Don’t be fooled by the big numbers that these guys throw around in their ballots.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Despite all the criticism that has pummeled the club since it was found guilty of over 100 charges relating to financial breaches, you could be fooled into thinking nothing was wrong.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026