Lying

//ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ//

Synonyms for "lying" (90 found)

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Related word relations

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18 relation types

More general

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

4 entries

causes

44 entries

Showing 16 of 44 words.

causes desire

1 entries

defined as

1 entries

derived

16 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

form of

1 entries

has prerequisite

12 entries

has property

1 entries

has subevent

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

is a

10 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

4 entries

used for

37 entries

Showing 16 of 37 words.

Translations

11 translations across 6 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • كَذِب noun (act of telling a lie)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • лъжа noun (act of telling a lie)

Finnish

4 entries
  • makaaminen noun (act of keeping low to the ground)
  • makuu noun (act of keeping low to the ground)
  • valehteleminen noun (act of telling a lie)
  • valehtelu noun (act of telling a lie)

Galician

1 entries
  • xacer noun (act of keeping low to the ground)

German

1 entries
  • lügend noun (act of telling a lie)

Polish

3 entries
  • kłamliwy adj (tending to tell lies)
  • kłamanie noun (act of telling a lie)
  • leżenie noun (act of keeping low to the ground)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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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.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.