false (fôls)adj. fals·er, fals·est 1. Contrary to fact or truth: false tales of bravery. 2. Deliberately untrue: delivered false testimony under oath. 3. Arising from mistaken ideas: false hopes of writing a successful novel. 4. Intentionally deceptive: a suitcase with a false bottom; false promises. 5. Not keeping faith; treacherous: a false friend. See Synonyms at faithless. 6. Not genuine or real: false teeth; false documents. 7. Erected temporarily, as for support during construction. 8. Resembling but not accurately or properly designated as such: a false thaw in January; the false dawn peculiar to the tropics. 9. Music Of incorrect pitch. 10. Unwise; imprudent: Don't make a false move or I'll shoot. 11. Computer Science Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device. adv. In a treacherous or faithless manner: play a person false.
[Middle English fals, from Old English, counterfeit, and from Old French, false, both from Latin falsus, from past participle of fallere, to deceive.]
false ly adv. falseness n. |
false Adjective 1. not in accordance with the truth or facts: false allegations 2. not real or genuine but intended to seem so: false teeth 3. misleading or deceptive: their false promises 4. forced or insincere: false cheer 5. based on mistaken ideas [Latin falsus] falsely adv
falseness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Adj. | 1. | false - not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"incorrect, wrong - not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" true - consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement" | | 2. | false - arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"incorrect, wrong - not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" | | 3. | false - erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"invalid - having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license" | | 4. | false - deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" | | 5. | false - inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"unrealistic - not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels" | | 6. |  false - 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"artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" | | 7. | false - designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom" | | 8. | false - inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" | | 9. | false - 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"counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" | | 10. | false - (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"inconstant - likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare | | Adv. | 1. | false - in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false" |
false adjective 1. incorrect, wrong, mistaken, misleading, faulty, inaccurate, invalid, improper, unfounded, erroneous, inexact << OPPOSITE correct adjective 3. artificial, forged, fake, mock, reproduction, synthetic, replica, imitation, bogus, simulated, sham, pseudo ( informal) counterfeit, feigned, spurious, ersatz, pretended << OPPOSITE real adjective 4. treacherous, lying, deceiving, unreliable, two-timing ( informal) dishonest, deceptive, hypocritical, unfaithful, two-faced, disloyal, unsound, deceitful, faithless, untrustworthy, insincere, double-dealing, dishonourable, duplicitous, mendacious, perfidious, treasonable, traitorous, inconstant, delusive, false-hearted << OPPOSITE loyal  Translations
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