Synonyms of lie in English

untruth, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, made-up story, trumped-up story, fake news, invention, piece of fiction, fiction, falsification, falsity, fairy story, fairy tale, cock and bull story, barefaced lie

white lie, little white lie, half-truth, exaggeration, prevarication, departure from the truth, alternative fact

yarn, story, red herring, fable, myth, flight of fancy, figment of the imagination

pretence, pretext, sham

misinformation, disinformation, perjury, dissimulation, mendacity, gossip, propaganda

informal tall story, tall tale, whopper

British informal porky, pork pie, porky pie

humorous terminological inexactitude

vulgar slang bullshit

NZ Australian vulgar slang bulldust

say something untrue, tell an untruth, tell a lie, tell a falsehood, fib, fabricate, invent a story, make up a story, falsify, dissemble, dissimulate, bear false witness

tell a white lie, prevaricate, exaggerate, stretch the truth

perjure oneself, commit perjury, forswear oneself, be forsworn

bluff, pretend, depart from the truth

deceive, delude, mislead, trick, hoodwink, hoax, take in, lead astray, throw off the scent, send on a wild goose chase, put on the wrong track, pull the wool over someone's eyes

informal lie through one's teeth, con

humorous be economical with the truth, tell a terminological inexactitude

vulgar slang bullshit

recline, lie down, lie back, be recumbent, be prostrate, be supine, be prone, be stretched out, stretch oneself out, lean back, sprawl, rest, repose, relax, lounge, loll, bask

be placed, be set, be situated, be positioned, rest, repose, be

be situated, be located, be placed, be positioned, be found, be sited, be established, be

be buried, be interred, be laid to rest, rest, be entombed

rare be inhumed, be sepulchred

consist, be inherent, inhere, be present, be contained, exist, reside, have its being, have its existence