lying synonyms

lying

modif.

  1. In the act of lying

    untruthful, falsifying, prevaricating, swearing falsely, committing perjury, fibbing, misstating, misrepresenting, inventing, dissimulating, equivocating, malingering.

    Antonyms frank*, truthful*, veracious. *

  2. Given to lying

    dishonest, deceitful, unreliable, double-dealing; see dishonest 1, 2.

  3. Not reliable

    unsound, tricky, treacherous; see false 2, unreliable 2.

  4. Prostrate

    supine, reclining, jacent, resting, horizontal, procumbent, resupine, reposing, recumbent, flat, fallen, prone, crashed, dropped, tumbled, powerless. See syn. study at dishonest.dishonest.

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