li·ar
liar
- pronunciation:
- laI
r
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a person who tells lies instead of the truth.
She suspected that he was a liar.- similar words:
- fibber, slanderer
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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.