EGAVE

liar

About 2.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
  2. noun A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

Similar words

prevaricator fibber deceiver fake phony faker dissembler cheater pseudologist falsehood

Often followed by

and in is or to who paradox of as

Word family

liars

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