Lie synonyms | Another word for lie

Bluff, be prone, be placed, be buried, be established, (little) white lie, be forsworn, and bear false witness are all synonyms for lie. Truth and fact are these antonyms of lie. And here are another 123 synonyms for lie.

Lie Synonyms

1. recline

  • Be prone
  • Be prostrate
  • Be recumbent
  • Be stretched out
  • Be supine
  • Lean back
  • Lie back
  • Lie down
  • Loll
  • Lounge
  • Recline
  • Relax
  • Repose
  • Rest
  • Sprawl
  • Stretch oneself out
  • Bask

2. be placed

  • Be placed
  • Be positioned
  • Be set
  • Be situated
  • Repose
  • Rest
  • Be

3. be buried

  • Be buried
  • Be entombed
  • Be inhumed
  • Be interred
  • Be laid to rest
  • Rest
  • Be sepulchred

4. be situated

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

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 pie
  • Porky
  • Pretence
  • Pretext
  • Prevarication
  • Propaganda
  • Red herring
  • Sham
  • Story
  • Tall story
  • Tall tale
  • Trumped-up story
  • Untruth
  • Whopper
  • Yarn
  • Terminological inexactitude

6. say something untrue

  • 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
  • Trick
  • Be economical with the truth