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inventing

ADJECTIVE

lying

Synonyms

STRONGEST

misleading

STRONG

dissembling dissimulating double-crossing double-dealing equivocating falsifying fibbing misrepresenting misstating prevaricating two-timing wrong

WEAK

committing perjury deceitful deceptive delusive delusory false guileful mendacious perfidious shifty treacherous tricky two-faced unreliable untruthful

Antonyms

STRONG

honest

WEAK

direct frank

ADJECTIVE

perjurious

Synonyms

WEAK

committing perjury deceitful deceptive delusive delusory dissembling dissimulating double-crossing double-dealing equivocating false falsifying fibbing forsworn guileful mendacious misleading misrepresenting misstating perfidious perjured prevaricating shifty treacherous tricky two-faced two-timing unreliable untruthful wrong

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She found herself inventing excuses to try to keep him home at night.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Lee also pointed to a Wednesday post on X from Bollinger Capital Management president and founder John Bollinger, best known for inventing the Bollinger Bands technical tools.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

A French academic is under investigation for inventing a Nobel-style prize for philology in order that he could then go on to win it.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

“Together with Corning, we are inventing the future of computing with advanced optical technologies.”

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

I offered her what I could of me, inventing a story around the basic reasons why I was in El Paso.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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