liarsomeone who lies all the time

What the Word

What the word

someone who lies all the time

liar

fibber (habitual)

pathological liar (clinical)

deceiver (formal)

fabulist (literary)

Synonym

liar

deceiver

deceiver (neutral) prevaricator (formal) fibber (minor lies)

dishonest person

dissembler (archaic) dissimulator (formal) phony (informal) fraud (strong)

habitual liar

pathological liar (clinical) compulsive liar (clinical) mythomaniac (clinical)

trickster

con man (informal) swindler (informal) charlatan (impostor)

deception

lying (gerund) mendacity (formal) falsehood (noun)

Thesaurus

liar

kinds of liar

fibber (mild) white-liar (harmless) perjurer (legal) impostor (identity) fraud (deceit) charlatan quack (medical) swindler con-artist cheat bluff hypocrite dissembler deceiver fabulist pathological liar (compulsive) mythomaniac (clinical) pseudologue

acts and speech

lie fib falsehood untruth fabrication invention tall tale whopper white lie half-truth perjury slander smear spin pretext alibi cover story bluff hoax deceit deception duplicity mendacity dishonesty prevarication equivocation distortion misrepresentation

verbs

lie fib fabricate invent make up mislead deceive misinform dupe fool trick con swindle bluff dissemble dissimulate prevaricate perjure cover up deny feign pretend fake falsify distort misrepresent stretch the truth bend the truth

traits and behavior

dishonest untruthful mendacious deceitful duplicitous false two-faced insincere sneaky slippery shifty evasive unreliable treacherous

marks and signals

tells giveaway hesitation eye-shift stammer sweat inconsistency contradiction loophole cracked story slip alibi holes

idioms and phrases

lie through one's teeth barefaced lie bald-faced lie pack of lies tissue of lies web of lies smoke screen snow job white lie call someone's bluff caught red-handed caught in a lie liar liar (pants on fire) truth-twister wolf in sheep's clothing snake in the grass

places and contexts

courtroom witness stand oath interrogation room sales pitch scam call online alias catfish profile tabloid rumor mill politics used-car lot

related figures

trickster con man grifter snake-oil salesman double agent spy impostor phony poseur pretender tale-teller mythomaniac

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