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false



I - adjective
1. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality (Freq. 9)
- gave false testimony under oath
- false tales of bravery
Ant:
true
Similar to:
mendacious, specious, spurious, trumped-up, untrue
See Also:
dishonest, dishonorable, counterfeit, imitative, incorrect,
wrong, insincere
Derivationally related forms:
falseness, falsity
Attrubites:
truth, the true, verity, trueness
2. arising from error (Freq. 1)
- a false assumption
- a mistaken view of the situation
Syn:
mistaken
Similar to:
incorrect, wrong
Derivationally related forms:
falseness, falsity
3. erroneous and usually accidental
- a false start
- a false alarm
Similar to:
invalid
4. deliberately deceptive
- false pretenses
Similar to:
insincere
Derivationally related forms:
falseness, falsity
5. designed to deceive
- a suitcase with a false bottom
Similar to:
dishonest, dishonorable
6. inaccurate in pitch
- a false (or sour) note
- her singing was off key
Syn:
off-key, sour
Similar to:
inharmonious, unharmonious
7. adopted in order to deceive
- an assumed name
- an assumed cheerfulness
- a fictitious address
- fictive sympathy
- a pretended interest
- a put-on childish voice
- sham modesty
Syn:
assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
Similar to:
counterfeit, imitative
Derivationally related forms:
sham (for: sham), fiction (for: fictitious), falseness
8. not genuine or real;
being an imitation of the genuine article
- it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur
- faux pearls
- false teeth
- decorated with imitation palm leaves
- a purse of simulated alligator hide
Syn:
fake, faux, imitation, simulated
Similar to:
artificial, unreal
Derivationally related forms:
fake (for: fake)
9. inappropriate to reality or facts
- delusive faith in a wonder drug
- delusive expectations
- false hopes
Syn:
delusive
Similar to:
unrealistic
Derivationally related forms:
falseness, falsity, delude (for: delusive)
10. (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection;
unfaithful
- a false friend
- when lovers prove untrue
Syn:
untrue
Similar to:
inconstant
Derivationally related forms:
falseness, falsity

II - adverb
in a disloyal and faithless manner
- he behaved treacherously
- his wife played him false
Syn:
faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably
Derived from adjective:
treasonable (for: treasonably), treacherous (for: treacherously), traitorous (for: traitorously), faithless (for: faithlessly)

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