prevaricator
English Thesaurus
1. a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | false witness, perjurer, |
| definition | : | a person who deliberately gives false testimony (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | fabricator, fibber, storyteller, |
| definition | : | someone who tells lies (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ananias, |
| definition | : | a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying) (noun.person) |
| antonym | : | square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter, |
| definition | : | a frank and honest person (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | lie, |
| definition | : | tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate, |
| definition | : | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication) |
| antonym | : | square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter, |
| definition | : | a frank and honest person (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | lie, |
| definition | : | tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate, |
| definition | : | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication) |
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