Fallacious
Fallacious adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them
Lying and fallacious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lying" instead an adjective "Fallacious".
Lying
Lying adjective - Telling or containing lies.
Usage example: that lying son of a gun told me that the used car had never been in an accident
Fallacious and lying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Lying".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
Cite this Source
Lying and Fallacious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/lying
Fallacious & Lying. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/lying>.
Lying or Fallacious. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/lying.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "fallacious" and "lying" have occurred on timeline