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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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

The prosecutor's office needs now to decide whether inventing the honours artificially boosted Montaclair's career.

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

Circuit Court of Appeals, which had sided with Fluor, by inventing what it called the “battlefield preemption” doctrine.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

It wasn’t easy, answering all Mother’s questions and inventing an excuse to explain my nap to Father.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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