Lie Synonyms

Lie synonyms 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. Here are 122 another word for lie with example sentences.

Another word for Lie

122 other ways to say lie.

1. recline

  • stretch oneself out
  • sprawl
  • rest
  • repose
  • relax
  • recline
  • lounge
  • loll
  • lie down
  • lie back
  • lean back
  • be supine
  • be stretched out
  • be recumbent
  • be prostrate
  • be prone
  • bask

2. be placed

  • rest
  • repose
  • be situated
  • be set
  • be positioned
  • be placed
  • be

3. be buried

  • rest
  • be sepulchred
  • be laid to rest
  • be interred
  • be inhumed
  • be entombed
  • be buried

4. be situated

  • be situated
  • be sited
  • be positioned
  • be placed
  • be located
  • be found
  • be established
  • be

5. untruth

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

6. say something untrue

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

How to Use lie in a Sentence

Don’t lie about your feelings.

He chose to lie quietly.

She will lie down now.

They decided to lie together.

You should never lie to your friends.