Synonyms of lying

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adjective

ˈlī-iŋ 

as in dishonest

telling or containing lies

that lying son of a gun told me that the used car had never been in an accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dishonest
• misleading
• erroneous
• mendacious
• untruthful
• false
• untrue
• fallacious
• hypocritical
• hypocrite
• insincere
• two-faced
• perjurious
• double-dealing
• mealymouthed
• smooth-tongued

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• honest
• truthful
• open
• true
• moral
• candid
• sincere
• straightforward
• earnest
• veracious
• scrupulous
• conscientious
• reliable
• straight
• principled
• trustworthy
• just
• plainspoken
• upright
• dependable
• ethical
• virtuous
• trusty
• righteous
• honorable
• decent
• respectable
• trustable
• upstanding
• right-minded

lying

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noun

as in deception

Related Words

• deception
• prevarication
• cheating
• dishonesty
• mendacity
• deceit
• duplicity
• dissembling
• swindling
• double-dealing
• equivocation
• fraud
• subterfuge
• deceptiveness
• crookedness
• dissimulation
• dupery
• fakery
• trickery
• crookery
• hypocrisy
• wile
• chicanery
• skulduggery
• fraudulence
• cunning
• fib
• cozenage
• deceitfulness
• jugglery
• guile
• craftiness
• hanky-panky
• obliquity
• mountebankery
• insincerity
• cunningness
• wiliness
• falsehood
• untruth
• chicane
• legerdemain
• craft
• artifice
• guilefulness
• sanctimoniousness
• foxiness
• falsity
• shrewdness
• deviousness
• underhandedness
• secrecy
• two-facedness
• treacherousness
• unscrupulousness
• artfulness
• caginess
• sneakiness
• furtiveness
• shadiness
• covertness
• slipperiness
• smoothness
• shiftiness
• slyness
• stealthiness
• slickness
• oiliness

Dissimilar Words

• good faith
• sincerity
• ingenuousness
• openness
• artlessness
• frankness
• forthrightness
• honesty
• candor
• directness
• plainness
• guilelessness
• reliability
• probity
• trustworthiness
• plainspokenness
• integrity
• goodness
• truthfulness
• solidity
• righteousness
• candidness
• dependability
• decency
• uprightness
• incorruptibility
• trustiness
• reliableness
• trustability
• virtuousness

lying

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verb (1)

present participle of lie

as in deceiving

to make a statement one knows to be untrue

would I lie to you about that?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceiving
• fibbing
• fooling
• kidding
• prevaricating
• tricking
• fabricating
• misrepresenting
• perjuring
• deluding
• slandering
• equivocating
• libeling
• duping
• snowing
• misstating
• forswearing
• distorting
• hoodwinking
• falsifying
• misleading
• defaming
• misreporting
• fudging
• dissembling
• hoaxing
• gulling
• paltering
• misinforming
• taking in
• traducing
• dissimulating
• beguiling
• cozening
• misguiding
• garbling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asserting
• testifying
• confirming
• verifying
• swearing
• validating
• substantiating
• authenticating

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verb (2)

present participle of lie

1

as in leading

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

the train tracks lie just over that hill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leading
• going
• running
• extending
• heading
• crossing
• bearing
• cutting
• passing
• following
• spanning
• traversing
• coursing

2

as in sitting

to occupy a place or location

I left the book lying on the counter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sitting
• being
• standing
• resting
• residing
• remaining
• waiting
• bearing
• staying
• overlooking
• awaiting
• commanding
• hanging around
• posting
• sticking around
• tarrying
• dwelling
• stationing

3

as in hiding

to remain out of sight

paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hiding
• lurking
• skulking
• reposing
• lying low
• sneaking
• slinking
• holing up
• evading
• avoiding
• sitting tight
• eluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appearing
• coming out
• showing up
• turning up
• materializing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lying

Adjective

He was found dead lying face up on his hotel bed with no signs of trauma, according to a Monday report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022

Noun

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez then accused Rubio of lying and said that Cuba had no knowledge of the offer. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Those gathering for the lying in state and funeral will contrast with huge nationwide protests in January that were met by a deadly crackdown by security forces that left thousands dead and sent shock waves around the world. — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 July 2026

What better time than the summer of the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence to reflect on how Trump’s years of lying have corroded the citizenry’s essential belief in the integrity of elections? — Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 19 June 2026

Stop the madness, stop the lying, and just be free. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 19 June 2026

In the finale of Season 2, the women have gotten past the lying and scheming and are in a new and more honest place. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 10 June 2026

Just needed his seat in Congress despite his lying and cheating, kind of like the guy sitting in the White House. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 8 June 2026

Kandynn was convicted of first-degree murder, with a lying in wait special circumstance, according to the DA's office. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

His lying has finally caught up with him. — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026

Verb

Hair that's accustomed to lying one way naturally gains height when flipped in the opposite direction, while the sweeping fringe creates softness and fullness around the face. — Marci Robin, Allure, 11 Aug. 2026

So a lying government which pursues different goals at different times has constantly to rewrite its own history. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

My neighbor’s child recently vandalized my fence and got caught lying about it. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

BetterHelp suggests belly breathing while sitting, standing or lying flat on the floor. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Citing an unnamed source, the outlet reported that another resident spotted him lying face-down on the pool deck and alerted building staff. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Haley did her a favor by being brutally honest instead of lying and being a phony. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

After Malawi earned a red card and dropped to 10 players against Egypt on Saturday, Chinzimu’s deep-lying defensive efforts kept them in the match for a 3-1 victory. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

And others attacked Rodgers for lying about his COVID-19 vaccine status or otherwise just not agreeing with their viewpoint. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026