Synonyms & related words for perjury

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of perjury — including untruthfulness, prevarication, fraud, falsification, lying, falsifying. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to perjury

Explore words related to perjury — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include perjure, perjurious, perjurer, perjuriously, subornation, compurgation, indictability, indictment. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for perjury

Common synonyms for perjury include untruthfulness, prevarication, fraud, falsification, lying, falsifying — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does perjury come from?

The word perjury breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root jur-, from Latin iuro (“swear an oath”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.