liar

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlaɪər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈlaɪɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lī′ər)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
li•ar /ˈlaɪɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person who tells lies.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
li•ar  (lī′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who tells lies.
  • Middle English lier, Old English lēogere. See lie1, -ar1 bef. 950
    falsifier, perjurer, prevaricator.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
liar / ˈlaɪə/
  1. a person who has lied or lies repeatedly
'liar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ananias - Carrey - Fry - Schlesinger - Waterhouse - abject - acrobatics - ar- - big - bold - call - cheap - cheat - chronic - conscious - damned - egregious - either - fabulist - face - incorrigible - label - liar paradox - make - make out - nail - neuroglia - pathological - peculiar institution - peculiar people - prevaricator - rotten - self-confessed - storyteller - subfoliar - subtle - such - unashamed - unconscionable - unpeculiar - unqualified - warlock
Collocations: a [dirty, cheating, damn, little, fat] liar, you're nothing but a (dirty) liar!, a [skilled, good, convincing] liar, more...

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