liar
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liar
- /ˈlaɪ.ə/ UK
- /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/ US
Sounds like lyre, lier · Rhymes with -aɪ.ə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (“liar”), from *leuganą (“to lie”) + *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie + -ar. More at lie.
noun liars · lyar
- Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies. He simply said, "We know, the Big Satan is a big liar."
- A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week. The Swabber is to keep the Cabbins, and all the Rooms of the Ship clean within board, and the Liar to do the like without board. The Liar holds his Place but for a week; and he that is first taken with a Lie upon a Monday morning, […] for that week he is under the Swabber, and meddles not with makin
Similar: bluffer, bullshitter, contradictor, deceiver, fabricator, fabulist, falsifier, fibber, goofer, gossiper, nonsenser, red flagger, storyteller, tall tale teller
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: prevaricator, fibber, deceiver, fake, phony, faker, dissembler, cheater, pseudologist, falsehood, perjurer, tergiversator, lying, mythomaniac, false, truth
noun
Similar: bluffer, bullshitter, contradictor, deceiver, fabricator, fabulist, falsifier, fibber, goofer, gossiper, nonsenser, red flagger, storyteller, tall tale teller
Translations
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noun one who tells lies
| Español | mentiroso, mentirosa, embustero, embustera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 거짓말쟁이 geojinmaljaeng'i |
| 日本語 | 嘘つき usotsuki |
| 中文 | 說謊者 /说谎者 shuōhuǎngzhě |
| हिन्दी | झूठा jhūṭhā |
| Kiswahili | mwongo |
| Português | mentiroso, mentirosa |
| Français | menteur, menteuse |
| Deutsch | Lügner, Lügnerin |
| Italiano | bugiardo, bugiarda, mentitore, mentitrice |
| Ελληνικά | ψεύτης pséftis, ψεύτρα pséftra |
| Română | mincinos, mincinoasă |
| Русский | лгун lgun, лгу́нья lgúnʹja, лжец lžec, врун vrun, вру́нья vrúnʹja, обма́нщик obmánščik |
| Tiếng Việt | kẻ nói dối, kẻ nói láo, kẻ nói điêu |
| العربية | كَذَّاب kaḏḏāb, كَذَّابَة kaḏḏāba, كَاذِب kāḏib, كَاذِبَة kāḏiba, كَذُوب kaḏūb, كَذُوبَة kaḏūba |
| עברית | שקרן, שַׁקְרָן shakrán, שקרנית \ שַׁקְרָנִית shakranít |
Talk about this word "liar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/liar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. liar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/liar "liar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/liar.Cite this
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title = {liar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/liar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
