Lie synonyms

123 synonyms for lie such as bluff, be prone, be placed, be buried, be established, (little) white lie, be forsworn, and bear false witness. Lie is a noun, and its antonyms are truth and fact.

Another word for lie

1. recline

Bask, be prone, be prostrate, be recumbent, be stretched out, be supine, lean back, lie back, lie down, loll, lounge, recline, relax, repose, rest, sprawl, and stretch oneself out.

2. be placed

Be, be placed, be positioned, be set, be situated, repose, and rest.

3. be buried

Be buried, be entombed, be inhumed, be interred, be laid to rest, be sepulchred, and rest.

4. be situated

Be, be established, be found, be located, be placed, be positioned, be sited, and be situated.

5. untruth

(little) white lie, alternative fact, barefaced lie, cock and bull story, deception, departure from the truth, disinformation, dissimulation, exaggeration, fable, fabrication, fairy story/tale, fake news, falsehood, falsification, falsity, fib, fiction, figment of the imagination, flight of fancy, gossip, half-truth, invention, made-up story, mendacity, misinformation, myth, perjury, piece of fiction, pork pie, porky, porky pie, pretence, pretext, prevarication, propaganda, red herring, sham, story, tall story, tall tale, terminological inexactitude, trumped-up story, untruth, whopper, and yarn.

6. say something untrue

Be economical with the truth, be forsworn, bear false witness, bluff, commit perjury, con, deceive, delude, depart from the truth, dissemble, dissimulate, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, fib, forswear oneself, hoax, hoodwink, invent a story, lead astray, lie through one's teeth, make up a story, mislead, perjure oneself, pretend, prevaricate, put on the wrong track, say something untrue, send on a wild goose chase, stretch the truth, take in, tell a falsehood, tell a lie, tell a white lie, tell an untruth, throw off the scent, and trick.

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