A lie

Synonyms for "a lie" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Determiner(3 words)

a singleambush conceal

Strong matches (5)

Determiner(5 words)

deceive deception fabrication falsehood fib

Related words (7)

Determiner(7 words)

misrepresent one prevaricate recline rest untruth wait

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries

claim concealment deception determiner falsehoodindefinite articleposition positioning posture reposespeech actstaging statement

More specific

10 entries

ambushcardinal determinerfiblie of omissionloungenumeral determinerperjury prevarication sprawlwhite lie

Collocations

17 entries

barefaced liebig lieblatant lieboldfaced liedeliberate liefabricate a lieindefinite articleindefinite determinerlie aboutlie detectorlie downlie in waitlie of omissionlie toone lietell a lie

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Inflections

3 entries

lied lies lying

Derivations

4 entries

an liar lying untruth

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