prevaricator

Other forms: prevaricators

Definitions of prevaricator
  1. noun
    a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
    synonyms: liar
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    examples:
    Ananias
    a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying)
    types:
    false witness, perjurer
    a person who deliberately gives false testimony
    fabricator, fibber, storyteller
    someone who tells lies
    type of:
    beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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