liar
Teller of falsehoods
A liar is someone who tells lies—who says things they know to be untrue.
The word carries moral weight; calling someone a liar is a serious accusation, not just noting a single falsehood but suggesting a pattern or character flaw: He's a compulsive liar.
Liar! works as a direct challenge to someone's honesty.
Trivial, harmless falsehood
- untruthA false statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
- tall taleWildly exaggerated story
falsehood · half-truth · mistruth · mendacity · prevarication · cock-and-bull story · fish story · stretcher
Faker claiming false expertise
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
swindler · cheat · phony · scammer · grifter · hoaxer · bamboozler · mountebank
One who recounts tales
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
- fabulistMoral tale composer
- mythmakerInventor of legends
spinner · romancer · prevaricator · fibber · falsifier · concocter · embroiderer · bullshitter
Inclined to deceive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
disingenuous · unreliable · shifty · sneaky · underhanded · two-faced · slippery · unscrupulous
fib
Trivial, harmless falsehood
- untruthA false statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
tall tale · falsehood · half-truth · mistruth · mendacity · prevarication · cock-and-bull story · fish story · stretcher · porky
charlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
trickster · swindler · cheat · phony · scammer · grifter · hoaxer · bamboozler · mountebank · quack
storyteller
One who recounts tales
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
- fabulistMoral tale composer
mythmaker · spinner · romancer · prevaricator · fibber · falsifier · concocter · embroiderer · bullshitter
dishonest
Inclined to deceive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
insincere · disingenuous · unreliable · shifty · sneaky · underhanded · two-faced · slippery · unscrupulous · manipulative
charade
Absurd or obvious pretense
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- guiseExternal manner shown
disguise · deception · fakery · sham · imposture · act · front · smokescreen · cover-up · false pretense
fibber
One who tells untruths
- perjurerOne who lies sworn
- deceptionfake, fraud, cheat, trick, con
- cheaterscheat, cheater, con artist, swindler, deceiver
- deceiversdeceiver, fraud, fake, fakes, faker
- Playground Insultsbaby, brat, crybaby, dummy, dork
- sinnerssinner, transgressor, evildoer, wrongdoer, blasphemer
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
liartruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
truthteller · straight shooter · honest broker · straight talker
liarman of his word
One who keeps promises
man of honor · straight arrow · saint · mensch · George Washington
- barefaced liarAudacious spreader of untruths
- pathological liarOne who deceives compulsively
- two-faced liar
- liar liarEmphatic accusation of dishonesty
- Pretty Little LiarsTeen thriller TV drama
- liar's diceBluffing game with hidden dice