false
adjective
1. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- gave false testimony under oath
- false tales of bravery
Similar word(s): incorrect, wrong, counterfeit, imitative, dishonest, dishonorable, insincere, mendacious, specious, spurious, untrue
2. arising from error
- a false assumption
Similar word(s): incorrect, wrong, mistaken
3. erroneous and usually accidental
- a false start
- a false alarm
Similar word(s): invalid
4. deliberately deceptive
- false pretenses
Similar word(s): insincere
5. inappropriate to reality or facts
- false hopes
Similar word(s): unrealistic, delusive
6. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
- false teeth
Similar word(s): artificial, unreal, fake, faux, imitation, simulated
7. designed to deceive
- a suitcase with a false bottom
Similar word(s): dishonest, dishonorable
8. inaccurate in pitch
- a false (or sour) note
Similar word(s): inharmonious, unharmonious, sour
9. adopted in order to deceive
Similar word(s): counterfeit, imitative, assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, sham
10. (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- a false friend
Similar word(s): inconstant, untrue
Sentences with false as an adjective:
- false legislation
- a false witness
- a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises
- a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar
adverb
1. in a disloyal and faithless manner
- his wife played him false
Similar word(s): faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably
noun
1. One of two options on a true-or-false test.
- The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz.