Synonyms for liar

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lahy-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ ər

Top 10 synonyms for liar

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Définition of liar

Origin : early 13c., from Old English leogere "liar, false witness," agent noun from Anglian legan, West Saxon leogan "be untruthful, lie" (see lie (v.1)). "The form in -ar is probably in imitation of the refashioned forms such as scholar for scoler and pillar for piler." [Barnhart]

noun person who tells falsehood

Example sentences :

The Stick was no liar, he said; it was he who had lied to them; he had let them think that this was his father's Stick.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

"Then is my color a liar, uncle; but I am not," Napoleon insisted.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

I denounce this person as a liar, and impeach him as a coward.
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

Called a liar and a lunatic, Bernadette was threatened with imprisonment.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

What was he but a troth-breaker, a liar—and that in strong fact, not in feeble tongue?
Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald

Now I believe noting at all—no one who is not a fool or a liar can believe.
Extract from : « Hall-Marked and Others (From Six Short Plays) » by John Galsworthy

The schoolmaster remembered that he had been a liar and a bully.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

He didn't dare tell the truth, that would mean he was calling the man a liar.
Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison

You never was meant for a liar, old man; you make a mighty poor fist at it.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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