lying

Questions about lying

What does lying mean?

lying means "the deliberate act of deviating from the truth".

How many syllables are in lying?

lying has 2 syllables: ly-ing. The stress falls on "ly". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪɪŋ/.

What is another word for lying?

Close synonyms include prevarication, fabrication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lying a common word?

lying is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lying?

3 words rhyme with lying. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.