LIE


Meaning of LIE in English

n.

Function: noun

a statement or declaration that is not true FF1C; was sued for printing lies about the candidate FF1E;

Synonyms: ||bouncer, canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, inveracity, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, ||rapper, story, tale, taradiddle, untruism, untruth

Related Words: deceitfulness, dishonesty, distortion, fraudulence, inaccuracy, mendacity; fable, flam, myth; falsification, forgery, libel, perjury; fish story, song and dance

Idioms: *crock of shit

Contrasted Words: veracity, verisimilitude, verity

Antonyms: truth

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.