false
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
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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