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lying

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlaɪɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈlaɪɪŋ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(līing)

From the verb lie: (⇒ conjugate)
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lying
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Sense: Noun: act of lying
Synonyms:
fibbing, dishonesty, deceit Collocations, untruthfulness, fabrication, telling a lie, telling lies, perjury, prevarication
Antonyms:
telling the truth, being straight, being frank, swearing, truthfulness, taking an oath, keeping a promise
Sense: Adjective: dishonest
Synonyms:
dishonest Collocations, deceitful Collocations, deceptive Collocations, deceiving, mendacious, untruthful, false Collocations, two-faced, double-dealing
Antonyms:
honest Collocations, truthful Collocations, upright Collocations, frank Collocations, loyal Collocations, dependable Collocations, honorable, decent Collocations, sincere Collocations, virtuous, candid
Sense: Adjective: prostrate
Synonyms:
prostrate, prone Collocations, reclining, recumbent, sprawled, horizontal, supine, lying down, laid out, spread out
Antonyms:
upright Collocations, standing Collocations, vertical, upward Collocations, perpendicular, on end, on your feet


lie
WordReference English Thesaurus © 2026
Sense: Noun: untrue statement
Synonyms:
fib (informal), falsehood, untruth, fabrication, untruth, whopper (slang), falsity, porky (UK, slang), barefaced lie, white lie
Antonyms:
truth Collocations, fact Collocations, revelation, authenticity, credibility, accuracy Collocations, the gospel truth, the inside track, the word, nitty-gritty, confession
Sense: Verb: utter an untruth
Synonyms:
fib (informal), tell a lie, be untruthful, stretch the truth, bear false witness, not tell the truth, not speak the truth, say sth untrue, fabricate, prevaricate, be economical with the truth (UK, humorous), not tell the whole truth, tell a fib (informal), tell a white lie
Antonyms:
tell the truth, be honest, be sincere, be frank, acknowledge Collocations, expose Collocations, be aboveboard, be straight with, admit Collocations, confess Collocations, come clean , own up, spill the beans, spit it out, put your hands up
Sense: Verb: recline
Synonyms:
recline, lie down, lie back, lean back, stretch out, lay Collocations (informal), lay down (informal), lay back (informal), prostrate yourself, sprawl Collocations
Antonyms:
get up, stand up, get on your feet, get out of bed, arise Collocations
Sense: Verb: be recumbent
Synonyms:
be recumbent, be reclined, be prostrate, be supine, be prone, be sprawled
Antonyms:
be seated, be standing up, be erect, be upright, be on your feet
Sense: Verb: be positioned
Synonyms:
be positioned, be located, be Collocations, be situated, be sited
Antonyms:
no longer exist, be elusive
Sense: Verb: rest on a surface
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