English Explanatory Dictionary

liar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈlaɪ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-liar.wav /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-liar.wav

Word forms

liar liars lyar

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (“liar”), from *leuganą (“to lie”) + *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie + -ar. More at lie.

Synonyms

bluffer bullshitter contradictor deceiver fabricator fabulist falsifier fibber goofer gossiper nonsenser red flagger storyteller tall tale teller

Derived words

barefaced liar Bliar liar dice liar liar pants on fire liar loan liar paradox liar's dividend nonliar pathological liar the devil is a liar
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