li·ar
liar
- pronunciation:
- laI
r
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who speaks lies instead of truth.
Some things he had told her simply didn't ring true, and she suspected him of being a liar.- synonyms:
- prevaricator
- similar words:
- dissembler, fabulist, falsifier, fibber, pretender, slanderer, storyteller
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The words
liar and
lyre sound alike but have different meanings. To find out why a music teacher would rather have a lyre in class than a liar, look up
lyre.