Word Type

Verb

Noun

Adjective

The word "lying" can be used as verb, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

truthful

Typical Location

white house

Capable Of

anger friend cost job lead to problems paint in corner

Causes

being fired being found out betrayal of trust broken heart caught sometimes causing misunderstanding causing others to distrust confusion contradicting stories cover ups deceived deceiving person deception difficult to judge at time distrust doubt enjoyment face may flush false foundation for decisions feeling guilty get caught get more energy getting found out good things guilt having to continue to lie having to tell more lies hurt feelings long nose might punished misinform others mistrust more lies other people to distrust other people will not trust pain people no longer trust people stop believing what say problems sadness shame trouble unhappiness war

Causes Desire

discover truth

Defined As

process of telling lies

Derived Terms

deep-lying downlying high-lying inlying low-lying lying flat lying in wait lying panel lying-in lyingly nonlying overlying take lying down testilying unlying uplying

Etymologically Related To

lie

Inflected/Variant Forms

lie

Prerequisites

deceit deceitful dishonesty good acting skills hard face imagination knowing truth not telling truth plan poker face truth willingness to dishonest

Has Property

immoral

Subevents

avert eyes avoid eye contact avoiding eye contact blink eyes blush dishonesty dog bites dog will know fall asleeo fall asleep feel guilty fool yourself get caught getting caught might start feeling guilty miniscule hesitations in voice nervous twitch not make eye contact panic plot doom sleeping telling truth

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

falsification misrepresentation

Type Of (IsA)

bad action changing posture communicating falsification informing intelligent agent activity pretending saying trying to lie vice for

Part Of

slander

Related Terms

falsehood liar lie tell

Synonym Network

mendacious

Used For

achieving one's goals averting avoiding responsibility avoiding truth being kind to cheaters cheating cheats concealing truth confusion and mystery cowards deceipt deceit deceiving deceiving people deception decieving evading consequences fooling else getting away with things getting who one wants harming hiding truth liars manipulating manipulation misguiding nonsense people of low character people with mental problems protect one's self from punishment resting saving yourself take advantage of other people tricking unsavory people when truth can harm

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