Synonyms & related words for mendacious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of mendacious — including untruthful, deceitful, dishonest, lying, fallacious, false. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to mendacious

Explore words related to mendacious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include mendaciousness, mendacity, disingenuous, mendaciously, liar, duplicitous, falsehood, duplicitousness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for mendacious

Common synonyms for mendacious include untruthful, deceitful, dishonest, lying, fallacious, false, fibbing, perjured — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does mendacious come from?

The word mendacious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root mendac-, from Latin mendax (“lying”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.