as in storytellers
a person who tells lies
she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut
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Recent Examples of liars
O'Toole said psychopaths like Heuermann are pathological liars.
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Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Debbie Fox, a retiree in Arvada, had met some liars on dating apps before.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026
What is clear is their intense bond, the brash intimacy of people addicted to repartee and raised by liars.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
But that would make stage actors liars.
—Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Lerner’s work, which abounds with liars, fiction begets fiction.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Conspiracy theories offer control and expertise in a world that seems chaotic and full of liars.
—Mike Rothschild, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Your competition at this point in the Netflix dating show’s run will include 10 seasons’ worth of cheaters and liars, clout chasers and schmoozers and players.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Part of the reason why liars try to control their body language may be because playing false requires more cognitive effort, says Sharon Leal, a senior research fellow at the University of Portsmouth in England, who studies deception detection.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Debbie Fox, a retiree in Arvada, had met some liars on dating apps before.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026
What is clear is their intense bond, the brash intimacy of people addicted to repartee and raised by liars.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
But that would make stage actors liars.
—Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Lerner’s work, which abounds with liars, fiction begets fiction.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Conspiracy theories offer control and expertise in a world that seems chaotic and full of liars.
—Mike Rothschild, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Your competition at this point in the Netflix dating show’s run will include 10 seasons’ worth of cheaters and liars, clout chasers and schmoozers and players.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Part of the reason why liars try to control their body language may be because playing false requires more cognitive effort, says Sharon Leal, a senior research fellow at the University of Portsmouth in England, who studies deception detection.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liars
storytellers
Noun
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Of course, the school’s deep bench of facilities and faculty give the next generation of storytellers a solid foundation.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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But the failure of media and storytellers to distinguish between people and politics has set the movement back in ways that are harder to see and slower to correct.—
Nadia Gill,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Liars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liars. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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