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ADJECTIVE | 1 | false | Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality |
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2 | false, mistaken | Arising from error | |
3 | false | Erroneous and usually accidental | |
4 | false, hollow | Deliberately deceptive | |
5 | false, delusive | Inappropriate to reality or facts | |
6 | false, fake, faux, imitation, simulated | Not genuine or real | |
7 | false | Designed to deceive | |
8 | false, off-key, sour | Inaccurate in pitch | |
9 | false, assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham | Adopted in order to deceive | |
10 | false, untrue | (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection | |
ADVERB | 1 | false, faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably | In a disloyal and faithless manner |
Sounds | fao'ls |
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Rhymes | waltz |
Meaning | Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality. |
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Examples | "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" |
Attribute of | truth, the true, verity |
Similar | mendacious; specious; trumped-up; untrue, wrong |
See also | incorrect, wrong; counterfeit, imitative; dishonest, dishonorable; insincere |
Contrary | true |
Meaning | Arising from error. |
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Examples | "a false assumption" |
Synonyms | mistaken |
Similar to | incorrect, wrong |
Adverbs | falsely |
Meaning | Erroneous and usually accidental. |
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Examples | "a false start"; "a false alarm" |
Similar to | invalid |
Meaning | Deliberately deceptive. |
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Examples | "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses" |
Synonyms | hollow |
Similar to | insincere |
Adverbs | falsely |
Meaning | Inappropriate to reality or facts. |
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Examples | "false hopes" |
Synonyms | delusive |
Similar to | unrealistic |
Meaning | Not genuine or real. Being an imitation of the genuine article. |
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Examples | "false teeth" |
Synonyms | fake, faux, imitation, simulated |
Similar to | artificial, unreal |
Meaning | Designed to deceive. |
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Examples | "a suitcase with a false bottom" |
Similar to | dishonest, dishonorable |
Meaning | Inaccurate in pitch. |
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Examples | "a false (or sour) note" |
Synonyms | off-key, sour |
Similar to | inharmonious, unharmonious |
Meaning | Adopted in order to deceive. |
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Synonyms | assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham |
Similar to | counterfeit, imitative |
Meaning | (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection. Unfaithful. |
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Examples | "a false friend" |
Synonyms | untrue |
Similar to | inconstant |
Meaning | In a disloyal and faithless manner. |
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Examples | "his wife played him false" |
Synonyms | faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably |