Synonyms for Lying
ˈlaɪ ɪŋly·ing

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1. lying

   Deceit is the habit, deception the act; guile applies to the disposition out of which deceit and deception grow, and also to their actual practise. A lie, lying, or falsehood, is the uttering of what one knows to be false with intent to deceive. The novel or drama is not a lie, because not meant to deceive; the ancient teaching that the earth was flat was not a lie, because not then known to be false. Untruth is more than lack of accuracy, implying always lack of veracity; but it is a somewhat milder and more dignified word than lie. Falsehood and lying are in utterance; deceit and deception may be merely in act or implication. Deception may be innocent, and even unintentional, as in the case of an optical illusion; deceit always involves injurious intent. Craft and cunning have not necessarily any moral quality; they are common traits of animals, but stand rather low in the human scale. Duplicity is the habitual speaking or acting with intent to appear to mean what one does not. Dissimulation is rather a concealing of what is than a pretense of what is not. Finesse is simply an adroit and delicate management of a matter for one's own side, not necessarily involving deceit. Compare ARTIFICE; FICTION; FRAUD; HYPOCRISY.

   Synonyms:
   craft, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, delusion, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fabrication, falsehood, finesse, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, lie, prevarication, trickery, untruth

   Antonyms:
   candor, fair dealing, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth, veracity

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1. lying

   Synonyms:
   mendacious, false, untrue, untruthful

   Antonyms:
   true, veracious

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1. lying, prevarication, fabricationnoun

   the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

   Synonyms:
   lying, fictionalisation, fabrication, manufacturing, evasiveness, assembly, manufacture, equivocation, lie, fictionalization, fiction, prevarication, fable

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1. • Falsification

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1. mythomane

   not telling the truth; not being worthy

   Submitted by anonymous on January 21, 2020  

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1. lyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   false, mendacious, untruthful, untrue

2. lyingnoun

   Synonyms:
   falsehood

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1. lyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   untruthful, false, mendacious, deceitful

2. lyingnoun

   Synonyms:
   falsehood, lie, untruth, mendacity, fabrication, fiction

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1. List of paraphrases for "lying":

   lie, liar, lied, lies, elongate, iie, mens

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1. Doug LaMalfa:

   For the past year and a half, critical decisions for the whole country have hinged off of Dr. Fauci’s advice and decrees. Two presidents have used his advice as the basis for our nation’s response to COVID-19, yet here we have incontrovertible proof that he has been intentionally lying to Congress.

2. Scott Gottlieb:

   The entire Pacific Rim has less than 1,000 infections a day, people want to say China is lying about the two dozen cases that they’re reporting a day, which I don’t believe they are [lying]. Certainly, the entire Pacific Rim isn’t in on the conspiracy. It isn’t inevitable that we have a raging epidemic.

3. Roger Stone and everybody:

   Trump said.Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison earlier Thursday. He was convicted last fall of lying to Congress and threatening a witness regarding his efforts for Trump's 2016 campaign.Read MoreTrump still delivered a full-throated defense of his longtime friend, saying :.

4. Ben Rottenborn:

   If you didn’t tell your friends, you’re lying. If you did tell your friends, it’s part of the hoax.

5. Joe Biden:

   President Trump neglected, minimized, and lied about this virus, stop lying and start acting. Use the full extent of your authorities, now, to ensure that we are producing all essential goods and delivering them.