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Synonyms for false
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Wiktionary
falseadjective
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
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Spurious, artificial (as in false teeth).
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A state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
false
That is absurd which is contrary to the first principles of reasoning; as, that a part should be greater than the whole is absurd. A paradoxical statement appears at first thought contradictory or absurd, while it may be really true. Anything is irrational when clearly contrary to sound reason, foolish when contrary to practical good sense, silly when petty and contemptible in its folly, erroneous when containing error that vitiates the result, unreasonable when there seems a perverse bias or an intent to go wrong. Monstrous and preposterous refer to what is overwhelmingly absurd; as, "O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two,"
Shakespeare 1 King Henry IV, act ii, sc. 4. The ridiculous or the nonsensical is worthy only to be laughed at. The lunatic's claim to be a king is ridiculous; the Mother Goose rimes are nonsensical. Compare INCONGRUOUS.Synonyms:
absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wildAntonyms:
certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wise
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
false
Synonyms:
untrue, erroneous, fallacious, sophistical, spurious, deceptive, fabrication, counterfeit, mendacious, sham, mock, bogus, unfaithful, fib, falsity, fiction, dishonorable, faithlessAntonyms:
true, correct, sound, conclusive, authentic, real, genuine, candid, honorable, faithful
Princeton's WordNet
falseadjective
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
"gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
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off-key, mistaken, simulated, imitation, faux, untrue, assumed, delusive, sham, put on, pretended, sour, fake, fictitious, fictiveAntonyms:
apodictic, honest, actual, sure, sincere, honorable, true, truthful, literal, right, echt, genuine, correct, apodeictic, natural, harmonious, realistic, valid, real, constantfalse, mistakenadjective
arising from error
"a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
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off-key, fake, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, assumed, faux, misguided, fictitious, sham, pretended, untrueAntonyms:
apodictic, constant, honorable, echt, valid, realistic, sincere, real, natural, honest, genuine, true, correct, right, sure, apodeictic, actual, truthful, literal, harmoniousfalseadjective
erroneous and usually accidental
"a false start"; "a false alarm"
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off-key, mistaken, simulated, imitation, faux, untrue, assumed, delusive, sham, put on, pretended, sour, fake, fictitious, fictiveAntonyms:
true, honorable, correct, real, truthful, genuine, honest, valid, right, apodictic, harmonious, echt, sure, literal, realistic, natural, constant, sincere, actual, apodeicticfalseadjective
deliberately deceptive
"false pretenses"
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off-key, mistaken, simulated, imitation, faux, untrue, assumed, delusive, sham, put on, pretended, sour, fake, fictitious, fictiveAntonyms:
sincere, truthful, apodictic, true, honorable, literal, right, harmonious, genuine, constant, real, realistic, echt, correct, apodeictic, valid, actual, natural, sure, honestdelusive, falseadjective
inappropriate to reality or facts
"delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
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off-key, mistaken, simulated, imitation, faux, untrue, assumed, delusive, sham, pretended, sour, fake, put on, fictitious, fictiveAntonyms:
honorable, natural, genuine, truthful, right, realistic, real, harmonious, constant, sure, correct, echt, true, valid, apodeictic, actual, apodictic, honest, sincere, literalfake, false, faux, imitation, simulatedadjective
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"
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bastard, fake, put on, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, faux, assumed, bogus, phoney, fictitious, sham, phony, off-key, pretended, untrueAntonyms:
constant, apodeictic, truthful, correct, honest, actual, right, apodictic, echt, honorable, genuine, sure, natural, harmonious, true, sincere, real, realistic, literal, validfalseadjective
designed to deceive
"a suitcase with a false bottom"
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off-key, mistaken, simulated, imitation, faux, untrue, assumed, delusive, sham, put on, pretended, sour, fake, fictitious, fictiveAntonyms:
apodeictic, valid, right, natural, echt, sincere, correct, harmonious, truthful, real, honorable, true, actual, sure, realistic, apodictic, honest, genuine, constant, literalfalse, off-key, souradjective
inaccurate in pitch
"a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
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off-key, fake, saturnine, turned, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, morose, simulated, put on, dark, off, moody, assumed, rancid, dour, sullen, faux, fictitious, sham, glowering, pretended, glum, untrueAntonyms:
genuine, literal, harmonious, constant, natural, right, sincere, actual, apodeictic, realistic, real, honest, apodictic, echt, valid, truthful, correct, true, sure, honorableassumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamadjective
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"
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off-key, fancied, fake, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, fictional, assumed, faux, fictitious, sham, fabricated, pretended, untrueAntonyms:
valid, apodeictic, real, natural, sure, sincere, realistic, constant, truthful, actual, literal, apodictic, genuine, right, correct, harmonious, honorable, echt, honest, truefalse, untrueadverb
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
"a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
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off-key, fake, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, assumed, faux, out of true, fictitious, sham, pretended, untrueAntonyms:
realistic, apodictic, sure, genuine, correct, truthful, sincere, honorable, constant, apodeictic, echt, honest, literal, true, harmonious, actual, natural, right, valid, realfaithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably, falseadverb
in a disloyal and faithless manner
"he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
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traitorously, treasonably, faithlessly, treacherouslyAntonyms:
honorable, constant, harmonious, natural, genuine, sure, right, correct, apodictic, literal, honest, truthful, actual, apodeictic, real, true, sincere, realistic, valid, echt
Dictionary of English Synonymes
falseadjective
falseadjective
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dishonest, perfidious, treacherous, unveracious, mendacious, faithless, truthless, untruthful, disingenuous, dishonorable, double-tongued, double-faced, false-heartedfalseadjective
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counterfeit, spurious, forged, not genuine, feigned, hypocritical, clap-trapfalseadjective
falseadjective
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fallacious, deceptive, deceiving, deceitful, delusive, misleading, disappointing
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
falseadjective
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spurious, forged, counterfeit, sham, supposititious, unauthentic, bogus, feigned, fallacious, make believe, hypocritical, assumed, pseudo, sophistical, untenable, unveracious, dishonest, erroneous, untruthful, disloyal, perfidious, traitorous, disingenuous, insincere, recreant, faithless, unfaithful
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "false":
fake, untrue, wrong, bogus, spurious, forged, counterfeit, incorrect, erroneous, phony, fraudulent, inaccurate, mistaken, phoney, faux, misleading, disingenuous, untruthful, fallacious, sham, dummy, scythe, trumped-up, fictitious, misguided, incidental, deceptive, forgery, fakes, flawed, mock
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How to use false in a sentence?
That doesn’t mean that something terrible didn’t happen to Jackie that night, there’s a difference between a false allegation and something that happened that may be different than what was reported in that article.
Today's ruling ends the false narrative that environmental protection can only be achieved through one-size-fits-all federal mandates and at the expense of economic growth - a premise that has been debunked in states like Texas, where smart regulations have proven economic opportunity and environmental protection are not mutually exclusive.
Dr. Daniel Varga's testimony before Congress was factual and accurate and any implication to the contrary is both false and irresponsible.
We had inflammatory and false rhetoric coming from (Michael Oppenheimer) and statements that weren’t true, you also have a lead investigator in police-involved deaths talking about how shocking and disturbing this is.
Interference caused the home security system to increase its power transmission to each of the little sensors on the windows and doors, their batteries were dying faster, so our customer constantly had these false alarms and battery alarms.
Translations for false
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- زائفArabic
- фалшив, неверен, грешен, изкуственBulgarian
- gaouBreton
- fals, incorrecte, artificial, postísCatalan, Valencian
- nepravdivý, imitovaný, nepravý, falešný, umělýCzech
- anwir, anghywir, gau, ffugWelsh
- falsk, kunstigDanish
- falsch, unecht, unwahrGerman
- ψευδής, πλαστός, κίβδηλος, νόθοςGreek
- malveraEsperanto
- falso, postizoSpanish
- غلطPersian
- petollinen, epälojaali, väärä, kelvoton, valheellinen, vale-, perusteeton, teko, vale, epärehellinen, epävireinen, virheellinen, falski, väliaikainen, epätosi, keinotekoinen, keino-Finnish
- faux, incorrect, artificielFrench
- bréige, bréag-, falsa, bréagachIrish
- breugach, fuadain, meallta, mealltachScottish Gaelic
- falsoGalician
- תותבת, שקרי, לא נכון, מזוייף, תותבHebrew
- झूठा, खोटाHindi
- hamis, mű-Hungarian
- սխալ, կեղծArmenian
- falseInterlingua
- buatan, salahIndonesian
- errato, bugiardo, falso, posticcio, fintoItalian
- 虚偽, 偽のJapanese
- ყალბიGeorgian
- gawCornish
- жаңылыш, арамза, ката, жасалмаKyrgyz
- falsus, mendaxLatin
- klaidingas, dirbtinis, netikras, neteisingasLithuanian
- mākslīgs, nepareizs, viltots, kļūdainsLatvian
- palsu, salahMalay
- vals, onecht, fout, onwaar, onjuistDutch
- falskNorwegian
- falsOccitan
- fałszywy, nieprawdziwy, sztucznyPolish
- falso, artificial, erradoPortuguese
- contrafăcut, neadevăr, fals, artificialRomanian
- фальшивый, ложный, неправильныйRussian
- अशुद्ध, असत्यSanskrit
- osann, konstgjord, falsk, falsktSwedish
- yanlış, yalan, yapay, sahteTurkish
- کھوٹا, جھوٹھا, غلطUrdu
- dobik, neveratikVolapük
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