Synonyms of perjurious

perjurious

adjective

as in erroneous

Related Words

• erroneous
• misleading
• untrue
• fallacious
• false
• hypocritical
• insincere
• hypocrite
• mendacious
• untruthful
• dishonest
• lying
• two-faced
• smooth-tongued
• double-dealing
• mealymouthed

Dissimilar Words

• truthful
• honest
• true
• candid
• open
• sincere
• straightforward
• moral
• earnest
• veracious
• conscientious
• reliable
• scrupulous
• principled
• plainspoken
• trustworthy
• honorable
• dependable
• ethical
• righteous
• virtuous
• trusty
• respectable
• decent
• straight
• upright
• just
• trustable
• right-minded
• upstanding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perjurious

None of the justices’ remarks during those hearings actually appear to be perjurious. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 June 2022

Maldonado ruled last month that a special prosecutor should investigate whether any prosecutors, past or present, engaged in criminal conduct — not just the allegedly perjurious former assistant state’s attorney, Nick Trutenko. — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2021

The state’s attorney claimed that it had been concocted by the Skakel family and founded on the perjurious testimony of the petitioner’s alibi witnesses. — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 May 2018

The prosecutor can cross-examine the perjurious defendant or present evidence to the contrary. — Richard A. Posner, Slate Magazine, 25 May 2017