Synonyms for Lying | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "lying" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Noun(4 words)

accubation accumbency accumbent couchancy couchant couche crawlingcredibility gapcrooked debasement deceit deceitful deceptive decumbency decumbent delusive delusory depression

Strong matches (33)

dishonest dishonesty draped duplicitous duplicity equivocal equivocation evasion false falsehood falsification fibbery fibbing flat forsworn groveling hypocrisy hypocritical insincere knavish

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loll lolling lounging lownesslying downmendacious mendaciousness

Noun(6 words)

fabricate false falsehood fiblying downmendacious

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries

deception falsehood falsification misrepresentationphysical positionposition posture

More specific

15 entries

fabricated fabricationfalse statementfib invented misrepresented prevarication proneprone positionrecline recumbencyrecumbent positionsprawl supinesupine position

Collocations

17 entries

deliberate lyingfabricationfalse statementfalse statementshabit of lyinghabitual lyinglie downlie pronelie supinelying downlying face downlying on backlying positionlying supinemendacitytell lies

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Inflections

4 entries

lain lay lied lies

Derivations

2 entries

liar lie

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Kyoko is lying on the grass.

Source: tatoeba (19332)

I found myself lying in my bedroom.

Source: tatoeba (20403)

A book is lying on the desk.

Source: tatoeba (20549)

The patient was lying in the bed with his eyes closed.

Source: tatoeba (21053)

Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.

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