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Synonyms & Antonyms of false
1
not being in agreement with what is true
- early reports about the explosion contained much false information
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2
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
- George Washington's false teeth were not made of wood but of elephant ivory and cow's teeth
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3
being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud
- arrested for selling false ID cards to teenagers
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- bogus,
- counterfeit,
- fake,
- forged,
- inauthentic,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- queer,
- sham,
- snide,
- spurious,
- unauthentic
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4
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
- so much of the sympathy that the widow received was false and hypocritical, since it came from people who never liked her husband in the first place
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- automatic,
- canned,
- concocted,
- fabricated,
- hokey,
- labored,
- manufactured,
- pat,
- unauthentic,
- unreal,
- unrealistic
- double-dealing,
- empty,
- facile,
- hollow,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- left-handed,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
- exaggerated,
- histrionic,
- melodramatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- theatrical
- (also theatric)
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5
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
- false advertising that claimed that the vegetables were organically grown when they weren't
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6
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
- false friends who deserted the prizefighter when all his money was gone
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7
tending or having power to deceive
- it turned out that the con man had made false promises of marriage to a dozen women
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- artful,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- devious,
- foxy,
- guileful,
- shady,
- shifty,
- slick,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- trick,
- trickish,
- tricky,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- wily
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The first known use of false was in the 12th century
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