Lying and Scheming

Lying

Lying adjective - Telling or containing lies.

Scheming and lying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scheming" instead an adjective "Lying".

Scheming

Scheming adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

Lying and scheming are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lying" instead an adjective "Scheming".

Nearby Words: scheme, schemed, schemer

Both words in one sentence

  • Who calmly helps out the protagonists with disturbing skill, making among other things "Poly", an exploding polyester scarecrow, as well as subtly lying and scheming.
  • The plot revolves around a young black man who is determined to rise to a position of influence, but is ignorant of the amount of lying and scheming that will take.
  • Start of Darkness Megumi is really talking about how she realized that she was weaker than Miki, and how she renounced attacking her directly and resorted to lying and scheming to fight her… only Megumi doesn’t realize that, because she is a Hypocrite.
Cite this Source
Scheming and Lying. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lying/scheming
Lying & Scheming. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lying/scheming>.
Scheming or Lying. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lying/scheming.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "lying" and "scheming" have occurred on timeline