a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.

something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture

His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one.

an inaccurate or false statement.

the charge or accusation of lying

He flung the lie back at his accusers.

to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive.

to express what is false; convey a false impression.

to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively)

to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.

give the lie to

to accuse of lying; contradict.

to prove or imply the falsity of; belie

His poor work gives the lie to his claims of experience.

lie in one's throat or teeth

to lie grossly or maliciously

If she told you exactly the opposite of what she told me, she must be lying in her teeth. Also, lie through one's teeth.

noun

honesty , truth

verb

be honest , be upright , stand , straighten

noun

aspersion , backbiting , calumniation , calumny , deceit , deception , defamation , detraction , dishonesty , disinformation , distortion , evasion , fable , fabrication , falsehood , falseness , falsification , falsity , fib , fiction , forgery , fraudulence , guile , hyperbole , inaccuracy , invention , libel , mendacity , misrepresentation , misstatement , myth , obloquy , perjury , prevarication , revilement , reviling , slander , subterfuge , tale , tall story , vilification , white lie * , whoppernotes:to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline , canard , cock-and-bull story , inveracity , story , untruth , concealment , equivocation , exaggeration , fabulation , pseudology , roorback , subreption , tergiversation

verb

bear false witness , beguile , be untruthful , break promise , bs , bull * , con , concoct , deceive , delude , dissemble , dissimulate , distort , dupe * , equivocate , exaggerate , fabricate , fake , falsify , fib , forswear , frame , fudge , go back on , invent , make believe , malign , misguide , misinform , misinstruct , mislead , misrepresent , misspeak , misstate , overdraw , palter , perjure , pervert , phony , plant * , prevaricate , promote , put on * , put up a front , snow * , soft-soap , string along * , victimizenotes:to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline , be prone , be recumbent , be supine , couch , go to bed , laze , lie down , loll , lounge , nap , recline , repose , rest , retire , siesta , sleep , sprawl , stretch out , turn innotes:to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline , be , be beside , be buried , be established , be even , be fixed , be found , be interred , be level , be located , belong , be on , be placed , be seated , beset , be smooth , exist , extend , have its seat in , occupy , prevail , reach , remain , spread , stretchnotes:to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline , stretch , dwell , inhere , reside , bask , canard , deceit , deception , dishonesty , equivocation , fabrication , fabulate , falsehood , falsity , inveracity , languish , mendacity , misrepresentation , perjury , position , prevarication , prostrate , situated , story , subreption , tale , temporize , tergiversate , untruth