| VERB | communication | falsify, distort, garble, warp | make false by mutilation or addition |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | falsify, fudge, manipulate, fake, cook, wangle, misrepresent | tamper, with the purpose of deception | |
| cognition | falsify | prove false | |
| change | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly | |
| change | falsify, interpolate, alter | insert words into texts, often falsifying / falsifying / falsifying it thereby |
| Sounds | fao'lsahfay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | distort, garble, warp | |
| Narrower | mangle, mutilate, murder | alter so as to make unrecognizable |
| Broader | misrepresent, belie | represent falsely |
| Spanish | alterar, confundir, distorsionar, falsear, tergiversar | |
| Catalan | alterar, distorsionar, tergiversar | |
| Nouns | falsification | a willful perversion of facts |
| falsifier | someone who falsifies / falsifies / falsifies / falsifies | |
| falsity | a false statement | |
| falsity | the state of being false / false or untrue | |
| Meaning | Tamper, with the purpose of deception. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "falsify the data" | |
| Synonyms | fudge, manipulate, fake, cook, wangle, misrepresent | |
| Narrower | juggle | manipulate by or as if by moving around components |
| Broader | cheat, chisel | Engage in deceitful behavior |
| Spanish | adulterar, desfigurar, falsear, falsificar, fingir, hacer trampa, manipular, tergiversar | |
| Catalan | falsejar, falsificar, tergiversar | |
| Nouns | falsification | the act of rendering something false / false / false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting |
| falsification | a willful perversion of facts | |
| falsifier | someone who falsifies / falsifies / falsifies / falsifies | |
| falsity | the state of being false / false or untrue | |
| Meaning | prove false. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Falsify a claim" | |
| Broader | disprove, confute | prove to be false |
| Spanish | falsar, falsificar | |
| Catalan | falsificar | |
| Nouns | falsification | any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something |
| falsifying | the act of determining that something is false / false / false / false / false | |
| falsity | the state of being false / false or untrue | |
| Meaning | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
| Opposite | correct, rectify, right | make right or correct |
| Spanish | falsificar | |
| Catalan | falsificar | |
| Nouns | falsification | a willful perversion of facts |
| falsifier | someone who falsifies / falsifies / falsifies / falsifies | |
| falsity | a false statement | |
| falsity | the state of being false / false or untrue | |
| Meaning | insert words into texts, often falsifying / falsifying / falsifying it thereby. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | interpolate, alter | |
| Broader | edit, redact | Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting |
| Spanish | interpolar | |
| Catalan | interpolar | |
| Nouns | falsification | a willful perversion of facts |
| falsifier | someone who falsifies / falsifies / falsifies / falsifies | |
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