People and roles

Synonyms for liar

The synonym for liar recorded in this bank is prevaricator, in the sense "a person who tells lies". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for liar

prevaricatornoun, in the sense "a person who tells lies"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day liar is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampPeople and roles

a person who tells lies

Everyone at the trial knew he was a liar who twisted every detail.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

prevaricator

Same sentence, swapped: Everyone at the trial knew he was a prevaricator who twisted every detail.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for liar in the sentence quoted.

witness
juror
attorney

Where liar turns up in the game

liar is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play liar

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so liar reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. liar carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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