" lying "

1: as in mendacity, prevarication;

•  Synonyms : 

•  equivocation,

•  mendacity,

•  prevarication,

•  artifice,

•  cheating,

•  cozenage,

•  craft,

•  craftiness,

•  crookedness,

•  crookery,

•  cunning,

•  cunningness,

•  deceit,

•  deceitfulness,

•  deception,

•  deceptiveness,

•  dishonesty,

•  dissembling,

•  dissimulation,

•  double-dealing,

•  dupery,

•  duplicity,

•  fakery,

•  foxiness,

•  fraud,

•  guile,

•  guilefulness,

•  wiliness,

•  chicane,

•  chicanery,

•  fraudulence,

•  hanky-panky,

•  jugglery,

•  legerdemain,

•  mountebankery,

•  obliquity,

•  skulduggery,

•  subterfuge,

•  swindling,

•  trickery,

•  wile,

•  falsehood,

•  falsity,

•  fib,

•  untruth,

•  hypocrisy,

•  insincerity,

•  sanctimoniousness,

•  two-facedness,

•  artfulness,

•  caginess,

•  deviousness,

•  shrewdness,

•  treacherousness,

•  underhandedness,

•  unscrupulousness,

•  covertness,

•  furtiveness,

•  secrecy,

•  shadiness,

•  sneakiness,

•  stealthiness,

•  oiliness,

•  shiftiness,

•  slickness,

•  slipperiness,

•  slyness,

•  smoothness

•  Antonyms : 

•  artlessness,

•  forthrightness,

•  good faith,

•  guilelessness,

•  ingenuousness,

•  sincerity,

•  candidness,

•  candor,

•  directness,

•  frankness,

•  openness,

•  plainness,

•  plainspokenness,

•  honesty,

•  probity,

•  dependability,

•  reliability,

•  reliableness,

•  solidity,

•  trustability,

•  trustiness,

•  trustworthiness,

•  decency,

•  goodness,

•  incorruptibility,

•  integrity,

•  righteousness,

•  truthfulness,

•  uprightness,

•  virtuousness

1: as in confinement, childbed;

•  Synonyms : 

•  childbed,

•  confinement,

•  cesarean section,

•  natural childbirth,

•  pregnancy,

•  birth pang,

•  contraction,

•  pains,

•  accouchement,

•  childbearing,

•  childbirth,

•  delivery,

•  labor,

•  parturition,

•  travail

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: telling or containing lies;

  * e.g., " ... that lying son of a gun told me that the used car had never been in an accident "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dishonest,

•  mendacious,

•  untruthful

•  Antonyms : 

•  honest,

•  truthful,

•  veracious

1: to make a statement one knows to be untrue;

  * e.g., " ... would I lie to you about that? "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fabricating,

•  fibbing,

•  prevaricating

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction;

  * e.g., " ... the train tracks lie just over that hill "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bearing,

•  extending,

•  going,

•  heading,

•  leading,

•  running

•  Antonyms : 

•  appearing

2: to occupy a place or location;

  * e.g., " ... I left the book lying on the counter "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bearing,

•  being,

•  sitting,

•  standing

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to remain out of sight;

  * e.g., " ... paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout "

•  Synonyms : 

•  hiding,

•  holing up,

•  lurking,

•  reposing,

•  skulking

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make a statement one knows to be untrue;

  * e.g., " ... would I lie to you about that? "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fabricate,

•  fib,

•  prevaricate

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction;

  * e.g., " ... the train tracks lie just over that hill "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bear,

•  extend,

•  go,

•  head,

•  lead,

•  run

•  Antonyms : 

•  appear

2: to occupy a place or location;

  * e.g., " ... I left the book lying on the counter "

•  Synonyms : 

•  be,

•  bear,

•  sit,

•  stand

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to remain out of sight;

  * e.g., " ... paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout "

•  Synonyms : 

•  hide,

•  hole up,

•  lurk,

•  repose,

•  skulk

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in sleeping, resting;

•  Synonyms : 

•  catnapping,

•  dozing,

•  dropping off,

•  napping,

•  nodding,

•  resting,

•  sleeping,

•  slumbering,

•  snoozing,

•  bedding (down),

•  retiring,

•  turning in,

•  bunking,

•  perching,

•  roosting,

•  settling,

•  couching,

•  dossing (down),

•  flopping (down),

•  lying (down),

•  reclining

•  Antonyms : 

•  arising,

•  getting up,

•  rising,

•  rolling out,

•  turning out,

•  uprising,

•  arousing,

•  awakening,

•  awaking,

•  bestirring,

•  stirring,

•  waking

1: as in couching, reclining;

•  Synonyms : 

•  couching,

•  reclining,

•  dozing,

•  dropping off,

•  napping,

•  nodding,

•  sleeping,

•  slumbering,

•  snoozing,

•  bunking,

•  perching,

•  roosting,

•  settling,

•  bedding,

•  crashing,

•  dossing (down),

•  retiring,

•  turning in

•  Antonyms : 

•  arising,

•  getting up,

•  rising,

•  uprising,

•  arousing,

•  awakening,

•  awaking,

•  rousing,

•  wakening,

•  waking,

•  bestirring,

•  stirring,

•  reawakening,

•  reawaking,

•  shifting

1: as in reclining;

•  Synonyms : 

•  reclining,

•  lounging,

•  slouching,

•  squatting,

•  straddling,

•  flopping,

•  flumping,

•  planking,

•  plopping,

•  plumping,

•  plunking,

•  sprawling,

•  spreading (out),

•  stretching (out),

•  basking,

•  kicking back,

•  lolling,

•  relaxing,

•  reposing,

•  resting,

•  perching,

•  setting,

•  sitting,

•  splaying,

•  expanding,

•  extending,

•  fanning (out),

•  flaring (out),

•  opening,

•  outspreading,

•  outstretching,

•  unfolding,

•  unfurling

•  Antonyms : 

•  arising,

•  getting up,

•  rising,

•  standing