What is another word for lying?
Pronunciation:
[ lˈa͡ɪɪŋ], [ lˈaɪɪŋ], [ l_ˈaɪ_ɪ_ŋ]
Synonyms for Lying:
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adj.
• deceptive • dishonest • evasive • false- Misrepresentative ,
- contrary to fact ,
- cooked-up ,
- falsehearted ,
- mythomaniac ,
- off the mark ,
- rascally ,
- scoundrelly ,
- inexact .
- de signing ,
- de-signing ,
- dis ingenuous ,
- dis-ingenuous ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more astucious ,
- more beguiling ,
- more deceiving ,
- more feline ,
- more impostrous ,
- more rascal ,
- most astucious ,
- most beguiling ,
- most deceiving ,
- most feline ,
- most illusory ,
- most impostrous ,
- most rascal ,
- un trustworthy ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- under handed ,
- under-handed .
- doubledealing ,
- left handed ,
- lefthanded ,
- more swindling ,
- more two timing ,
- more two-timing ,
- more twotiming ,
- most swindling ,
- most two timing ,
- most two-timing ,
- most twotiming .
- hypo critical ,
- hypo-critical ,
- jivier ,
- jiviest ,
- more caviling ,
- more feigning ,
- more moralistic ,
- more smooth spoken ,
- more smooth-spoken ,
- more smoothspoken ,
- most caviling ,
- most feigning ,
- most moralistic ,
- most smooth spoken ,
- most smooth-spoken ,
- most smoothspoken ,
- pietistic ,
- self righteous ,
- selfrighteous ,
- smooth spoken ,
- smooth tongued ,
- smoothspoken ,
- smoothtongued ,
- un-natural .
- dis simulating ,
- dis-simulating ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- more dissimulating ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more puton ,
- most dissimulating ,
- most put on ,
- most put-on ,
- most puton ,
- puton .
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n.
• act • deception- Defraudation ,
- beguilement ,
- beguilements ,
- boondoggle ,
- boondoggles ,
- cozenage ,
- cunnings ,
- deceptiveness ,
- disinformation ,
- dupery ,
- fast one ,
- hokum .
- amphibology ,
- cover up ,
- coverup ,
- double meaning ,
- equivocality ,
- quibbling routine ,
- runaround ,
- shufflings .
- ambidextrou ,
- backhandeds ,
- deceitfuls ,
- deceptives ,
- deviou ,
- dis ingenuousness ,
- dis ingenuousnesses ,
- dis-ingenuousness ,
- dis-ingenuousnesses ,
- disingenuou ,
- dissemblings ,
- dissimulatings ,
- duplicitou ,
- evasives ,
- faithlesses ,
- falses ,
- hypocriticals ,
- mendaciou ,
- perfidiou ,
- pretentiou ,
- shifties ,
- snides ,
- two faceds ,
- two-faceds ,
- twofaceds ,
- un faithfuls ,
- un trues ,
- un-faithfuls ,
- un-trues ,
- unfaithfuls ,
- untrues ,
- untruthfuls .
Other synonyms:
- treacherous ,
- tricky ,
- unsound .
Other relevant words:
- talk .
- sham .
- Accubation ,
- Accumbency ,
- Charlatanry ,
- Concocted ,
- Couchancy ,
- Couche ,
- Covin ,
- Deceiving ,
- Decumbence ,
- Decumbency ,
- Discumbency ,
- Double dealing ,
- Equivocating ,
- Fabling ,
- Forsworn ,
- Fudging ,
- Hollowly ,
- Improbity ,
- Inventing ,
- Jacent ,
- Lawing ,
- MALA FIDES ,
- Pecksniffian ,
- Perjured ,
- Pharisaism ,
- Phariseeism ,
- Prevaricating ,
- Pseudology ,
- Reclination ,
- Recumbency ,
- Reposing ,
- Resting ,
- Resupination ,
- Stumpiness ,
- Subreption ,
- Time-serving ,
- Truthless ,
- Unveracious ,
- accept ,
- accumbent ,
- admit ,
- adopt ,
- allegory ,
- ambiguous ,
- artful ,
- artfully ,
- artifice ,
- artificial ,
- assembly ,
- astutely ,
- azimuth ,
- bad faith ,
- bear ,
- bearing false witness ,
- bed down ,
- being dishonest ,
- belie ,
- bent ,
- betray ,
- betrayal ,
- bogus ,
- borrow ,
- bring down ,
- capriciously ,
- carry ,
- catch ,
- charlatanism ,
- cheat ,
- cheating ,
- cheatingly ,
- chicane ,
- chicanery ,
- committing perjury ,
- construction ,
- corrupt ,
- couchant ,
- counterfeit ,
- craftily ,
- crafty ,
- cram ,
- crawling ,
- credibility gap ,
- crooked ,
- crouched ,
- cunning ,
- cunningly ,
- debased ,
- debasement ,
- deceit ,
- deceitfully ,
- deceitfulness ,
- deceive ,
- deceivingly ,
- deception ,
- deceptively ,
- decumbent ,
- delude ,
- delusion ,
- delusive ,
- delusory ,
- depression ,
- designing ,
- deviously ,
- disgrace ,
- dishonestly ,
- dishonor ,
- dishonourable ,
- disingenuous ,
- disloyal ,
- disloyalty ,
- disrepute ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulating ,
- dissimulation ,
- dodging ,
- double-crossing ,
- double-talk ,
- draped ,
- duplicitous ,
- duplicity ,
- dwell ,
- engross ,
- equivocal ,
- equivocation ,
- evasion ,
- evasive ,
- evasiveness ,
- exaggeration ,
- excuse ,
- exist ,
- fable ,
- fabricated ,
- fabrication ,
- faithless ,
- faithlessness ,
- fake ,
- fakery ,
- faking ,
- fallacious ,
- false swearing ,
- falsehood ,
- falsely ,
- falseness ,
- falsification ,
- falsifying ,
- falsity ,
- feigned ,
- feigning ,
- fibbery ,
- fibbing ,
- fiction ,
- fictionalization ,
- fictitious ,
- fill ,
- flat ,
- forgery ,
- formation ,
- forswearing ,
- foxy ,
- fraud ,
- fraudulence ,
- fraudulent ,
- fraudulently ,
- get ,
- groveling ,
- guile ,
- guileful ,
- have ,
- hold ,
- horizontal ,
- hypocrisy ,
- hypocritical ,
- hypocritically ,
- idle ,
- inactive ,
- incorrectly ,
- indeterminate ,
- infidelity ,
- insidiously ,
- insincere ,
- insincerely ,
- insincerity ,
- invention ,
- janus-faced ,
- knavish ,
- lay ,
- lay down ,
- leaching ,
- leaning ,
- liar ,
- lie ,
- lie down ,
- lies ,
- loll ,
- lolling ,
- lounging ,
- low ,
- lowness ,
- lying down ,
- machiavellian ,
- made-up ,
- mala fide ,
- manufacture ,
- mendacious ,
- mendaciously ,
- mendaciousness ,
- mendacity ,
- meretricious ,
- misinform ,
- mislead ,
- misleading ,
- misleadingly ,
- misrepresentation ,
- misrepresenting ,
- misstating ,
- mythomania ,
- neap ,
- nether ,
- nether most ,
- obtain ,
- occupy ,
- outspread ,
- outstretched ,
- perfidious ,
- perfidiously ,
- perjury ,
- perversion ,
- pharisaic ,
- pharisaical ,
- phoniness ,
- pick ,
- pretending ,
- procumbent ,
- proneness ,
- prostration ,
- pseudo ,
- put to bed ,
- quackery ,
- quibbling ,
- receive ,
- recline ,
- reclining ,
- recumbent ,
- repose ,
- resupine ,
- roguish ,
- sanctimonious ,
- sanctimoniousness ,
- sanctimony ,
- shady ,
- shiftily ,
- shifty ,
- shortness ,
- shrewdly ,
- slick ,
- slimy ,
- slippery ,
- sly ,
- sneaky ,
- sophistry ,
- sprawl ,
- sprawled ,
- sprawling ,
- spread ,
- spread eagle ,
- spread out ,
- spurious ,
- spuriously ,
- squat ,
- squatness ,
- squattiness ,
- stretched out ,
- subjacent ,
- subterfuge ,
- supination ,
- supineness ,
- supposititious ,
- take ,
- tartuffery ,
- technical procumbent ,
- tergiversation ,
- thieving ,
- thievish ,
- treacherously ,
- treachery ,
- trickery ,
- trickily ,
- truthlessness ,
- two-facedness ,
- two-timing ,
- unctuous ,
- underhand ,
- underhanded ,
- unfair ,
- unfairly ,
- unfaithfully ,
- ungenuine ,
- unjustly ,
- unprincipled ,
- unreal ,
- unreliable ,
- unscrupulous ,
- untrue ,
- untrustworthy ,
- untruth ,
- untruthfully ,
- untruthfulness ,
- vulpine ,
- wily ,
- wrong ,
- wrongly .
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How to use "Lying" in context?
Lying is a big part of life. We tell lies to protect ourselves, our loved ones, and our friends. It's a way of life.
But sometimes lying is a bad idea. Lying can hurt our relationships and make things worse. Lying can make us feel bad about ourselves.
When it comes to lying, there are a few things to keep in mind. First, always be truthful to the people you're lying to. Second, be careful about what you say. Third, be honest about the consequences of lying. And finally, be honest with yourself.
Paraphrases for Lying:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Noun, plural
lies.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Adjective
elongated.
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Noun, plural
falsehoods, fools, untruths, liars.
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Verb, past tense
elaborated, enlarged, expanded, extended, liar, spread, stole, Broadened, Widened, Punctuated.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
being, believing, belonging, beneath, bordering, broadening, burying, cheating, covering, crossing, dead, death, diverting, ducking, dumping, dying, encompassing, expanding, falling, fighting, find, flying, going, hiding, history, increasing, keeping, know, lagging, lasting, laying, lengthening, lit, living, looking, misleading, misreading, mistaking, not, opposing, pouring, raising, ranging, reaching, reclining, relaxing, retaining, riding, running, sitting, soothing, spreading, staging, standing, stay, stretching, suffering, thinking, travelling, underlying, underneath, waiting, watching, widening, wrong, Averaging, Awaiting, Deceiving, Drooling, Elevating, Enlarging, Everything, Expecting, Experiencing, Extending, Fooling, Forming, Hinging, Hoping, Instituting, Kidding, L, Occurring, Overthrowing, Referring, Relying, Residing, Resting, Reversing, Roosting, Consisting, Constituting, Spanning, Staying, Suggesting, exiting, guarding, fucking.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
MENS.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
elongate.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Lying:
n.
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