| NOUN | state | falsity, falseness | the state of being false / false or untrue |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | falsity, falsehood, untruth | a false statement |
| Sounds | fao'lsahtiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | The state of being false / false or untrue. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "argument could not determine its truth or falsity" | |
| Synonym | falseness | |
| Narrower | spuriousness | state of lacking genuineness |
| Broader | unreality, irreality | The state of being insubstantial or imaginary |
| Opposite | truth, the true, verity, trueness | conformity to reality or actuality |
| Spanish | falsedad, mentira | |
| Catalan | falsedat | |
| Adjectives | false | (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection |
| false | arising from error / error | |
| false | inappropriate to reality or facts | |
| Verbs | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
| falsify | prove false | |
| falsify | make false by mutilation or addition | |
| falsify | tamper, with the purpose of deception | |
| Meaning | A false statement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | falsehood, untruth | |
| Narrower | contradiction, contradiction in terms | (logic) a statement that is necessarily false |
| dodge, dodging, scheme | A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | |
| fabrication, fiction, fable | A deliberately false / false or improbable account | |
| lie, prevarication | A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth | |
| misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood | |
| Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
| Opposite | truth, true statement | A true statement |
| Spanish | bola, embuste, falsedad, infundio, mentira, patraña, trola | |
| Catalan | bola, falòrnia, falsedat, falsia, mentida, trola | |
| Adjectives | false | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality |
| false | deliberately deceptive | |
| Verbs | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
| falsify | make false by mutilation or addition | |
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