Unscramble false

Definition of false

adjective:

• not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath", "false tales of bravery". Antonyms: true.
• arising from error; "a false assumption", "a mistaken view of the situation". Synonyms: mistaken.
• erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start", "a false alarm".
• deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses".
• inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug", "delusive expectations", "false hopes". Synonyms: delusive.
• 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". Synonyms: fake, faux, imitation, simulated.
• designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom".
• inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note", "her singing was off key". Synonyms: off-key, sour.
• 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". Synonyms: assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham.
• (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend", "when lovers prove untrue". Synonyms: untrue.

adverb:

• in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously", "his wife played him false". Synonyms: faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably.

Words nearby

falsie, valse.

Rhymes with

waltz.