Word Study
liar
CIDE DICTIONARY
liar, n. [OE. liere. See Lie to falsify.].
A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
liar, n. a person who tells a lie or lies, esp. habitually.
Idiom
liar dice a game with poker dice in which the result of a throw may be announced falsely.
Etymology
OE leogere (as LIE(2), -AR(4))
THESAURUS
liar
Ananias, Baron Munchausen, Father of Lies, Satan, Sir John Mandeville, consummate liar, dirty liar, equivocator, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, fibster, habitual liar, mythomaniac, palterer, pathological liar, perjurer, prevaricator, pseudologist, pseudologue, spinner of yarns, storyteller, teller of tales, yarn spinner, yarnerFor further exploring for "liar" in Webster Dictionary Online