Synonyms for lie
laɪlie

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lie

   Deceit is the habit, deception the act; guile applies to the disposition out of which deceit and deception grow, and also to their actual practise. A lie, lying, or falsehood, is the uttering of what one knows to be false with intent to deceive. The novel or drama is not a lie, because not meant to deceive; the ancient teaching that the earth was flat was not a lie, because not then known to be false. Untruth is more than lack of accuracy, implying always lack of veracity; but it is a somewhat milder and more dignified word than lie. Falsehood and lying are in utterance; deceit and deception may be merely in act or implication. Deception may be innocent, and even unintentional, as in the case of an optical illusion; deceit always involves injurious intent. Craft and cunning have not necessarily any moral quality; they are common traits of animals, but stand rather low in the human scale. Duplicity is the habitual speaking or acting with intent to appear to mean what one does not. Dissimulation is rather a concealing of what is than a pretense of what is not. Finesse is simply an adroit and delicate management of a matter for one's own side, not necessarily involving deceit. Compare ARTIFICE; FICTION; FRAUD; HYPOCRISY.

   Synonyms:
   craft, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, delusion, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fabrication, falsehood, finesse, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, lying, prevarication, trickery, untruth

   Antonyms:
   candor, fair dealing, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth, veracity

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. lienoun

   Synonyms:
   falsehood, untruth, fabrication, subterfuge, evasion, fib, fiction, falsity

   Antonyms:
   truth, fact, veracity

2. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   rest, repose, be, remain

   Antonyms:
   rise, move, stir

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lie, prevaricationnoun

   a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

   Synonyms:
   evasiveness, equivocation, prevarication, lying, fabrication

   Antonyms:
   sit down, stand, stand up, sit

2. Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lienoun

   Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

   Synonyms:
   prevarication

   Antonyms:
   stand, stand up, sit, sit down

3. lieverb

   position or manner in which something is situated

   Synonyms:
   prevarication

   Antonyms:
   sit, stand, sit down, stand up

4. lieverb

   be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

   Synonyms:
   dwell, lie in, rest, lie down, consist

   Antonyms:
   sit, stand, sit down, stand up

5. lieverb

   be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

   "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"

   Synonyms:
   dwell, lie in, rest, lie down, consist

   Antonyms:
   sit, stand, sit down, stand up

6. dwell, consist, lie, lie inverb

   originate (in)

   "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

   Synonyms:
   lie in, comprise, dwell, populate, harp, lie down, brood, live, consist, rest, inhabit

   Antonyms:
   stand up, sit, stand, sit down

7. lieverb

   be and remain in a particular state or condition

   "lie dormant"

   Synonyms:
   dwell, lie in, rest, lie down, consist

   Antonyms:
   stand, sit, stand up, sit down

8. lieverb

   tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

   "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

   Synonyms:
   dwell, lie in, rest, lie down, consist

   Antonyms:
   sit, stand up, stand, sit down

9. lie, restverb

   have a place in relation to something else

   "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

   Synonyms:
   lie in, catch one's breath, reside, dwell, pillow, roost, remain, lie down, breathe, repose, stay, perch, consist, take a breather, rest

   Antonyms:
   stand, stand up, sit down, sit

10. lie down, lieverb

    assume a reclining position

    "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

    Synonyms:
    dwell, lie in, rest, lie down, consist

    Antonyms:
    sit, stand, stand up, sit down

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   • Falsehood
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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ailed

   to lie; to not tell the truth.

   mari lied to the teacher.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

2. deciet

   to not tell the truth

   jeffton lied to me

   Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017  

3. homopentameric

   nothing equals being equivalent to god the father,or john and the son of god the father except for john,the son, and the holy spirit of god the father

   all of humanity is equal under god

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

4. taqiyya

   permitted or encouraged lie if islam is benefitted

   muslims may or should lie if it helps islam.

   Submitted by acronimous on July 14, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lienoun

   Synonyms:
   fib, intentional untruth, criminal falsehood, SUGGESTIO FALSI, SUPPRESSIO VERI

2. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   falsify, FIB, tell a lie

3. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   recline, couch, lie down, be prostrate, be recumbent

4. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   be placed, be laid

5. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   be, rest, remain

6. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   be situated, be located

7. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   consist

8. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) be sustainable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lienoun

   Synonyms:
   untruth, falsehood, fib, fiction, fabrication, subterfuge, evasion, misrepresentation

2. lieverb

   Synonyms:
   recline

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "lie":

   lying, iie, falsehood, mens, reside, untruth, lied, deceit, liar, are, lies

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How to use lie in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   They lie and lie and knowingly lie.

2. Dag Hammarskjold, newspaper quote of the day:

   A successful lie is doubly a lie; an error which has to be corrected is a heavier burden than the truth.

3. Joseph Goebbels:

   If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic andor military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

4. RJ Intindola:

   People would lie less if they could only remember how difficult it is to live with the lie. There is one exception – narcissistic people live in a lie and therefore have no conscious of guilt regarding the consequences of their dishonest demeanor.

5. Joseph Sugarman:

   Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.