| ADJECTIVE | all | false | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality |
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| all | false, mistaken | arising from error / error | |
| all | false | erroneous and usually accidental | |
| all | false | deliberately deceptive | |
| all | false, delusive | inappropriate to reality or facts | |
| all | false, fake, faux, imitation, simulated | not genuine or real | |
| all | false | designed to deceive / deceive | |
| all | false, off-key, sour | inaccurate in pitch | |
| all | false, assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham | adopted in order to deceive / deceive | |
| all | false, untrue | (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection | |
| ADVERB | all | false, faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably | in a disloyal and faithless manner |
| Sounds | fao'ls | |
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| Rhymes | waltz | |
| Meaning | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality. | |
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| Attribute of | truth, the true, verity, trueness | conformity to reality or actuality |
| Narrower | mendacious | intentionally untrue |
| specious, spurious | Plausible but false | |
| trumped-up | concocted with intent to deceive | |
| untrue | not according with the facts | |
| See also | counterfeit, imitative | not genuine |
| dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent | |
| incorrect, wrong | not correct | |
| insincere | lacking sincerity | |
| Opposite | true | consistent with fact or reality |
| Spanish | falso | |
| Catalan | fals | |
| Nouns | falseness | the state of being false / false or untrue |
| falsity | a false statement | |
| Meaning | Arising from error / error. | |
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| Example | "a false assumption" | |
| Synonym | mistaken | |
| Broader | incorrect, wrong | not correct |
| Spanish | equivocado, falso | |
| Nouns | falsity, falseness | the state of being false / false or untrue |
| Adverbs | falsely | in an incorrect manner |
| Meaning | erroneous and usually accidental. | |
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| Broader | invalid | Having no cogency or legal force |
| Meaning | deliberately deceptive. | |
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| Example | "false pretenses" | |
| Broader | insincere | lacking sincerity |
| Spanish | falso | |
| Nouns | falseness | unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous |
| falsity | a false statement | |
| Adverbs | falsely | in an insincerely false / false manner |
| Meaning | inappropriate to reality or facts. | |
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| Example | "false hopes" | |
| Synonym | delusive | |
| Broader | unrealistic | not realistic |
| Spanish | engañoso, falso, ilusorio | |
| Nouns | falsity, falseness | the state of being false / false or untrue |
| Meaning | not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article. | |
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| Example | "false teeth" | |
| Synonyms | fake, faux, imitation, simulated | |
| Broader | artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature |
| Spanish | artificial, falsificado, falso, imitado | |
| Catalan | artificial, fals, falsejat, falsificat, imitat | |
| Meaning | designed to deceive / deceive. | |
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| Example | "a suitcase with a false bottom" | |
| Broader | dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent |
| Meaning | inaccurate in pitch. | |
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| Example | "a false (or sour) note" | |
| Synonyms | off-key, sour | |
| Broader | inharmonious, unharmonious | not in harmony / harmony |
| Spanish | desafinado | |
| Catalan | desafinat | |
| Meaning | Adopted in order to deceive / deceive. | |
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| Synonyms | assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham | |
| Broader | counterfeit, imitative | not genuine |
| Spanish | falso, ficticio, fingido | |
| Catalan | fals, fictici | |
| Nouns | falseness | the quality of not being open or truthful |
| Meaning | (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful. | |
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| Example | "a false friend" | |
| Synonym | untrue | |
| Broader | inconstant | likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason |
| Spanish | desleal, falso | |
| Catalan | artificial, fals | |
| Nouns | falseness | the quality of not being open or truthful |
| falsity | the state of being false / false or untrue | |
| Meaning | In a disloyal and faithless manner. | |
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| Example | "his wife played him false" | |
| Synonyms | faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably | |
| Spanish | infielmente, pérfidamente, traicioneramente, traidoramente | |
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