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Adjective: false (falser,falsest) fols [N. Amer], fóls or fols [Brit]- Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
"gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" - Arising from error
"a false assumption"
- mistaken - Erroneous and usually accidental
"a false start"; "a false alarm" - Deliberately deceptive
"false pretences" - Inappropriate to reality or facts
"false hopes"
- delusive - Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
"false teeth"
- fake, faux, imitation, simulated - Designed to deceive
"a suitcase with a false bottom" - Inaccurate in pitch
"a false note"
- off-key, sour - Adopted in order to deceive
- assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham - (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
"a false friend"
- untrue
Adverb: false fols [N. Amer], fóls or fols [Brit]- In a disloyal and faithless manner
"his wife played him false"
- faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably
Derived forms: falser, falsest See also: artificial, counterfeit, dishonest, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], falsely, falseness, falsity, imitative, inconstant, incorrect, inharmonious, insincere, invalid, mendacious, specious, spurious, the true, trueness, trumped-up, truth, unharmonious, unreal, unrealistic, untrue, verity, wrong Antonym: true Encyclopedia: False |