fabricator
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- noun
- /ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪtər/
- Offensive
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- In fairness to Mr. Messham, I would like to say that I have no doubt that he was abused when living at Bryn Estyn, and my impression is that he is not a deliberate fabricator, as the late Mr. Webster implied he was in this article.
- fabricator of falsehoods
Examples
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Dike (Justice) will convict the fabricator of falsehoods and his witnesses (martufas)!
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The most important corroborator, a former major in the Iraqi intelligence service, was deemed a liar by the CIA and DIA in May 2002, and a fabricator warning was posted in U.S. intelligence databases.
Blog text (9) -
The Master may be a fraud and a fabricator, but he's no villain.
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Well, well, well, fabricator Jonah Lehrer doesn't believe in truth!
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A year later, the CIA branded al-Libi a fabricator, rescinded all the intelligence reports with that information in it.
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Certainly one must take care not to be among the fabricators of falsehoods, or among those who bear witness to them, because justice will catch up with these (B 28b) -- fire will judge and convict them (B 66).
Academic text (1991) -
Instead, CNN promotes an ex-basketball star previously investigated for inappropriate contact with female students in his charter school and a known fabricator with no educational expertise, trained in 5 weeks to teach, and who laughingly recounted duct-taping the mouths of her students.
Blog text (29) -
Instead, CNN promotes an ex-basketball star previously investigated for inappropriate contact with female students in his charter school and a known fabricator with no educational expertise, trained by and who laughingly recounted duct-taping the mouths of her students.
Blog text (29) -
The second scandal involved the exposure of Johann Hari, the celebrated young columnist and media personality, as a plagiarist, fabricator, and user of Internet aliases to carry out smear campaigns against his enemies and to promote his own career.
Academic text (2011) -
The detective uncovered that the witness was actually a fabricator, spinning elaborate tales to mislead the investigation.
Synonyms
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A person who often says things that are not true
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A person who tricks others by making them believe something not true
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A person who often lies and makes up stories to impress or trick people
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A person who makes up lies to trick people
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A person who tricks people into believing something false for fun or attention
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A person who tells small, often harmless lies about unimportant things
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A person who tells made-up or imaginary stories, often as if they were true
A person who makes up false or exaggerated stories and says they are true
A person who tells lies to trick or amuse people
Antonyms
How Honest
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- Informal
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fabricator comes from the root fabric- meaning 'to make' or 'build', the same root as fabricate and fabric. Think of a maker who 'makes' things; a fabricator of stories 'makes up' lies, so the word means a person who invents false stories.