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 And establishing that Omar or her family deliberately lied about her age would be complicated, because birth records are practically nonexistent in Somalia. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026 But in interviews with the House Judiciary Committee in 2023, both of them allegedly lied about their knowledge and involvement in those investigations. — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026 OpenAI's most powerful AI models disabled their own safety monitoring — and one lied about it. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 Last week, Krasner hinted at the possibility of charges for that former police officer who allegedly lied about the 2019 murder case. — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The ad, which circulated on social media late Monday, shows Acton's long-estranged mother, Donna Arthur, saying that her daughter has lied about her past and her struggles growing up. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 And yes, viewers will come away with the impression that Elizabeth Holmes lied her way to fame and fortune, over and over, knowingly and willfully. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026 In one incident, OpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra agent disabled its safety monitor when copying reference code — and then lied about it. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026 Once valued at $10 billion, Theranos’ fall from grace began in October 2015, when The Wall Street Journal reported that the company had lied about its process and was using outside devices to perform the bulk of its blood tests. — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lied

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But don’t be deceived, these are not primarily poems of the body, though the animal body–the dog, the human, meat– return throughout.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 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.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceived

Verb

The Pleiades open star cluster Don't be fooled by their beauty; the blue-white stars of the Pleiades are dripping in spooky lore.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Raleek Brown had 157 yards rushing, including a 47-yard run that set up Manning's 1-yard stroll untouched around the end for a 31-24 lead when his fake handoff fooled everyone.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026