Antonyms for lie


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : lahy
Phonetic Transcription : laɪ


Definition of lie

Origin :
  • "speak falsely, tell an untruth," late 12c., from Old English legan, ligan, earlier leogan "deceive, belie, betray" (class II strong verb; past tense leag, past participle logen), from Proto-Germanic *leugan (cf. Old Norse ljuga, Danish lyve, Old Frisian liaga, Old Saxon and Old High German liogan, German lügen, Gothic liugan), from PIE root *leugh- "to tell a lie."
  • noun untruth
  • verb tell an untruth
  • verb be prostrate, flat
  • verb be situated
Example sentences :
  • They are no longer afraid to lie down as they may have been for a week.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Who ob all dis congregation is gwine next to lie ded-e-de-dah?
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • The charm of the place does not lie so much in detail as in broad effects.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • But is there no gate because we find none on the edge of the wood where it seemed to lie?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • It's noways likely that I'd take the trouble to make up a lie about that weed.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • "Lie low, mes enfants," cried Aylward, motioning with his left hand.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Meaning that I lie," said the archer, laying down his knife.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • What real worth might lie under this sunny surface the future must determine.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • She shrank, as many a woman has shrunk before, from confronting him with his lie.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • One who pretends to be another's friend, and yet betrays him, is acting a lie.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

Synonyms for lie

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