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

It has been defined in slightly different ways over the years, but some of the traits commonly associated with psychopathy include pathological lying, extreme narcissism, shallow affect, impulsivity and lack of empathy and remorse. — David Dematteo, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

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

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

Verb

The race grabbed headlines in recent weeks when Ramaswamy's campaign released an ad featuring Acton's estranged mother, who accused her daughter of lying about her childhood. — Ian McKinney, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

After someone called 911 to report a person down in the Grand Crossing neighborhood Sunday morning, a group of Chicago firefighters and police officers found a man later identified as Lamar Brown lying shirtless and shoeless in the grass. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Some also faced felony immigration charges for allegedly lying about their citizenship to register to vote. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

The aircraft crashed to the ground in a private farm field near McMinnville Municipal Airport, officials said, with a red helicopter left crumpled in pieces and a green helicopter lying upside down. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Not only were the stories never proven true, but also at least one student later admitted to lying. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

The West Avenue project was designed to reduce long-term flooding risks in the neighborhood, which is among the lowest-lying areas in Miami Beach, the statement said. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

But after its sale in 1999, enrollment began to decline as borrowers accused Brooks of high-pressure sales tactics, lying about graduation and job placement rates and misleading students about the school's high cost. — Cory Turner, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Until governments at every level are required to report their finances the way private companies must, the numbers will keep lying, the bills will keep growing and the next generation will keep paying the price. — Judi Willard, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026