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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