false
adj.
not true; counterfeit; deceitful; wrong; artificial; not faithful
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False
false
Adjective
1. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
(antonym) true
(similar) mendacious
(see-also) dishonest, dishonorable
(attribute) truth, the true, verity
2. arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
(synonym) mistaken
(similar) incorrect, wrong
3. erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"
(similar) invalid
4. deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"
(synonym) hollow
(similar) insincere
5. inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
(synonym) delusive
(similar) unrealistic
6. 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"
(synonym) fake, faux, imitation, simulated
(similar) artificial, unreal
7. designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"
(similar) dishonest, dishonorable
8. inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
(synonym) off-key, sour
(similar) inharmonious, unharmonious
9. 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"
(synonym) assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
(similar) counterfeit, imitative
10. (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
(synonym) untrue
(similar) inconstant
Adverb
1. in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
(synonym) faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably
falso
adj.
false, lying, intrue, deceitful, disingenuous, insincere; wrong, erroneous, fallacious; pseudo, counterfeit, apocryphal, fake, pretended
falso (m)
n.
lie; falsehood; forgery, fake; insincere person
falsar
v.
short-weight, cheat on weight, give less than the proper weight; crack, split, fracture; frustrate; lie, tell a falsehood; sing or play out of tune