liars
People who deceive
Liars is the plural of liar—people who tell lies, who say things they know to be untrue.
The word carries moral weight; calling someone a liar is a serious accusation: Politicians are liars.
A single false statement makes someone wrong; a pattern of deliberate falsehood makes them a liar.
Those who mislead intentionally
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- impostorsThose falsely claiming identity
- charlatansPretenders to special knowledge
- con artistsPeople who cheat others
swindlers · cheats · tricksters · scammers · fakers · hoaxers · pretenders · fabricators
Not speaking facts
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
insincere · treacherous · perfidious · devious · cunning · manipulative · scheming · crafty
Intentional misleading of others
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- obfuscationDeliberate concealment through confusion
bluffing · dissembling · equivocation · distortion · misrepresentation · feigning · pretense · smokescreen
Petty falsehoods
- fabricationsInvented untrue statements
- untruthsAssertions contrary to fact
- tall talesFantastical exaggerated stories
- whoppersOutlandish untruths
falsehoods · half-truths · exaggerations · embellishments · distortions · inventions · yarns · fairy tales
Seized or grabbed
- exposedOut in open
- unmaskedHad covering removed
- debunkedExposed as fraudulent
- fact-checkedConfirmed as accurate
confronted · discredited · busted · called out · cross-examined · contradicted · disproven · outed
deceivers
Those who mislead intentionally
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- impostorsThose falsely claiming identity
- charlatansPretenders to special knowledge
con artists · swindlers · cheats · tricksters · scammers · fakers · hoaxers · pretenders · fabricators · perjurers
untruthful
Not speaking facts
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
disingenuous · insincere · treacherous · perfidious · devious · cunning · manipulative · scheming · crafty · guileful
deception
Intentional misleading of others
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
obfuscation · bluffing · dissembling · equivocation · distortion · misrepresentation · feigning · pretense · smokescreen · red herring
fibs
Petty falsehoods
- fabricationsInvented untrue statements
- untruthsAssertions contrary to fact
- tall talesFantastical exaggerated stories
whoppers · falsehoods · half-truths · exaggerations · embellishments · distortions · inventions · yarns · fairy tales · cock-and-bull stories
caught
Seized or grabbed
fact-checked · confronted · discredited · busted · called out · cross-examined · contradicted · disproven · outed · revealed
- deceiversdeceiver, fraud, fake, fakes, faker
- naughty listbad kids, troublemakers, bullies, cheaters, spoiled brats
- Truth Stretchersfibbers, embellishers, fabricators, bluffers, distorters
- pet peevesannoyance, loud chewing, irritation, loud talking, frustration
- show-offsbraggarts, boasters, showboats, grandstanders, egotists
- habit typessmokers, gamblers, nail biters, procrastinators, coffee drinkers
liarstruth-tellers
Those who state facts
straight shooters · reliable sources · straight talkers · witnesses · testifiers
liarssaints
Canonized religious figures
George Washington · straight arrows · Honest Abe · stand-up guys · Abraham Lincoln
- 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