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List of meaning for false

untrue; fake

false(adj)

not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

"gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"

false, mistaken(adj)

arising from error

"a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"

false(adj)

erroneous and usually accidental

"a false start"; "a false alarm"

false(adj)

deliberately deceptive

"false pretenses"

delusive, false(adj)

inappropriate to reality or facts

"delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"

fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated(adj)

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"

false(adj)

designed to deceive

"a suitcase with a false bottom"

false, off-key, sour(adj)

inaccurate in pitch

"a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham(adj)

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"

false, untrue(adverb)

(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful

"a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"

faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably, false(adverb)

in a disloyal and faithless manner

"he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"

not being in agreement with what is true

early reports about the explosion contained much false information

being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials

George Washington's false teeth were not made of wood but of elephant ivory and cow's teeth

being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud

arrested for selling false ID cards to teenagers

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

so much of the sympathy that the widow received was false and hypocritical, since it came from people who never liked her husband in the first place

marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value

false advertising that claimed that the vegetables were organically grown when they weren't

not true in one's allegiance to someone or something

false friends who deserted the prizefighter when all his money was gone

tending or having power to deceive

it turned out that the con man had made false promises of marriage to a dozen women

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