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

lying

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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

Blatant, in-your-face lying, cheating and stealing is the norm. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, Melanie’s sister, Steph, begged Melanie to leave Sincere because of his compulsive lying and shady behavior. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026

Trending Stories Inevitably, the lying started to catch up with her. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

The latest indictment, which the district attorney said was returned July 20, adds the lying in wait circumstance to the previous murder charges. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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

Verb

The incumbent senator accused his critics of lying about the controversy before acknowledging that his office sent patients with unpaid bills to collections. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

In the lawsuit, the family also claimed that an Oaks Christian School teacher accused their son of lying about the harassment after a student called him a racial epithet inside a classroom. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Onlookers and policemen rushed to the balloon’s basket to find the three men lying crumpled on the ground. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Federal authorities accused her Monday of fraudulently registering to vote in July 2006 and then lying about it in her naturalization paperwork in March 2026. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Since then, numerous instructors have found ways to use a chair for adapted versions of a surprising number of traditional yoga movements, like lunging warrior poses and standing-to-lying sun salutations. — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

This is not the first time Arthur has publicly accused her daughter of lying. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

The Stanford dropout and founder of biotech startup Theranos was charged with fraud for lying about the technology and financial health of her company. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

That same day, two people visiting a reservoir near Wurzbach Parkway and Vista Del Norte found Rangel lying face-down in the grass near the water’s edge, according to the affidavit. — Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026