| acting |
false behavior or deliberate imitation; pretense; pretending. [1/5 definitions] |
| alias |
a false or assumed name. [1/2 definitions] |
| anonym |
a false or assumed name; alias. [1/2 definitions] |
| apocryphal |
inauthentic; false. [1/3 definitions] |
| asperse |
to spread false accusations or malicious insinuations against; slander. |
| Baal |
a false god or idol, esp. according to the Hebrews. [1/2 definitions] |
| bathos |
false or very excessive sentimentality, esp. in order to evoke pity; mawkishness. [1/2 definitions] |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. [1/2 definitions] |
| bluff2 |
to mislead someone by using false pretenses. [2/6 definitions] |
| bravado |
a false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage. |
| cajole |
to coax or persuade insistently, as by flattery or false promises. |
| calumniate |
to make harmful and false statements about (someone). |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. [1/2 definitions] |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usu. defamatory to someone. |
| contradictory |
in logic, either of two propositions that are related in a way that makes neither true and neither false. [1/3 definitions] |
| crock |
(slang) exaggerated or false speech or writing. [1/2 definitions] |
| cry wolf |
to give a false alarm. |
| cult |
a religion that most members of a society believe to be false, faddish, or unworthy of respect. [1/4 definitions] |
| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| delusion |
a mistaken or false belief, esp. one that persists despite evidence to the contrary, as in certain abnormal mental states. [1/2 definitions] |
| denture |
a partial or complete set of artificial teeth; false teeth. |