LIARS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

liars

noun

plural of liar

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a person who tells lies she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut

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Recent Examples of liars Matthew Stafford and Josh Allen are two of the best liars in football. — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The actual journalism these mags do now stands out in a crowded landscape of liars and unsourced sources. — Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026 The assumption is that liars betray themselves through spikes in those signals. — Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026 The attempts to save Platner in the high stakes campaign to defeat Republican incumbent Susan Collins involved portraying Platner’s accusers, women, as vengeful liars. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026 O'Toole said psychopaths like Heuermann are pathological liars. — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 Debbie Fox, a retiree in Arvada, had met some liars on dating apps before. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026 What is clear is their intense bond, the brash intimacy of people addicted to repartee and raised by liars. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026 Lerner’s work, which abounds with liars, fiction begets fiction. — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026

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storytellers

Noun

To join Chanel and the Women’s Prize Trust in celebrating the launch of their new Originators program, a guest list filled with scriveners, storytellers, and Substackers turned out in droves.

— Freya Drohan, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026
Apple also hopes that the Duo will earn a cultural cachet among storytellers and other artists, many of whom, like loyal Apple customers, still regard the company more as a maker of useful tools rather than as the enemy Big Tech has become.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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