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- pronunciation:
- fawls
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb
- phrases:
- play someone false
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
falser, falsest |
| definition 1: |
untrue or incorrect.
"The earth is flat" is a false statement.- synonyms:
- incorrect, mendacious, untrue, untruthful, wrong
- antonyms:
- correct, true
- similar words:
- apocryphal, erroneous, inaccurate, mistaken
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| definition 2: |
deliberately untrue or deceptive.
He made a false statement to the police.- synonyms:
- mendacious, untrue, untruthful
- antonyms:
- truthful
- similar words:
- deceitful, deceptive, dishonest
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| definition 3: |
disloyal or treacherous.
a false patriot- synonyms:
- disloyal, false-hearted, treacherous
- antonyms:
- true
- similar words:
- deceitful, double-dealing, perfidious, recreant, traitorous, unfaithful, untrue
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| definition 4: |
not genuine; fake or artificial.
false pearls- synonyms:
- artificial, fake
- antonyms:
- natural, real, sincere, unaffected
- similar words:
- apocryphal, counterfeit, imitation, mock, phony, sham, shoddy, synthetic
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| definition 5: |
based on mistaken ideas or perceptions.
a false impression of her abilities- synonyms:
- erroneous, mistaken
- antonyms:
- correct, true
- similar words:
- fallacious, inaccurate, unsound
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| definition 6: |
used temporarily as a substitute, supplement, or representation in construction.
false storefronts in a film set- similar words:
- imitation
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| related words: |
amiss, bogus, empty, fictitious, illogical, insincere, meretricious, mimic, quack, shifty, theatrical, two-faced |
adverb + (adj.)false
absolutely, allegedly, blatantly, completely, deliberately, demonstrably, intentionally, knowingly, patently, totally, utterly, wholly, willfully
(adj.)false
+ noun
accusation,
advertising,
affidavit,
alarm,
allegation,
analogy,
aneurysm,
arrest,
assertion,
assumption,
assurance,
beard,
belief,
bias,
bottom,
bravado,
calm,
cast,
certificate,
charge,
cheer,
claim,
comfort,
conclusion,
confession,
confidence,
consciousness,
consensus,
conviction,
creation,
cypress,
dawn,
declaration,
denial,
detection,
dichotomy,
doctrine,
document,
dragon,
expectation,
eyelash,
fold,
front,
hope,
identification,
identity,
idol,
ignorance,
illusion,
impression,
imprisonment,
indictment,
information,
intimacy,
lash,
lead,
memory,
messiah,
modesty,
move,
mustache,
negative,
notion,
oath,
optimism,
passport,
positive,
prediction,
premise,
pretense,
pride,
promise,
prophecy,
prophet,
rape,
recall,
religion,
report,
reporting,
representation,
rumor,
seal,
security,
self,
sense,
signal,
start,
statement,
stereotype,
summit,
syndrome,
testimony,
tooth,
vacuum,
witness
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition: |
dishonestly or disloyally.
- synonyms:
- dishonestly, disloyally
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| phrase: |
play someone false |
| derivations: |
falsely (adv.), falseness (n.) |
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