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

Example Sentences

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Her scams were later explored in the Netflix series Inventing Anna and BBC podcast Fake Heiress.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Now, the Musée d’Orsay is remembering the moment with “Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism.”

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Inventing a fully conscious AI-robot isn’t likely to be a single event watched on screens all at once.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2024

Inventing an excuse, I returned to L.A. for Labor Day weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Inventing a uniquely German form of opera, therefore, for Wagner, was a political choice.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall