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 Reyes, who was nominated by former Democratic President Joe Biden, wants to know whether federal officials lied about the extent of renovation plans during months of hearings. — Gary Fields, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026 This time on The Tonight Show, Morgan lied repeatedly about Jimmy Fallon being from Kentucky and shucking corn while there. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026 The suit will claim that federal agents lied about the incident and that the purpose of the government’s prosecution was to conceal agents’ behavior the day of the shooting. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 Prosecutors used more than 30 witnesses, video surveillance, cell phone data and analysis of fire dynamics and patterns at the scene to try to show Rinderknecht intentionally set the Lachman fire and then lied about it to investigators. — City News Service, Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026 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 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

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

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The Department of Justice on Friday added a request that the judge separate all ballots showing votes for the second Dan Sullivan until it can be determined whether voters were fooled into wasting their votes for a spoiler candidate.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2026
Don’t be fooled by its small stature, because its layout is designed for efficient livability and maximum storage.

— Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2026