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falseness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of falseness

1 lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife

  • so that their love would never know a moment of falseness, Thomas Jefferson promised his dying wife that he would never remarry
Synonyms of falseness

disloyalty, faithlessness, falsity, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, unfaithfulness
Words Related to falseness

adultery

betrayal, double-cross, double-dealing, duplicity, sellout, treachery, treason

deceit, deception, lying
Near Antonyms of falseness

staunchness, steadfastness

dependability, reliability

honesty, trustworthiness
Antonyms of falseness

allegiance, constancy, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty

2 the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another

  • she could not believe that her so-called best friend could ever be guilty of such falseness
Synonyms of falseness

backstabbing, betrayal, business, disloyalty, double cross, faithlessness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, sellout, treachery, treason, two-timing, unfaithfulness
Words Related to falseness

abandonment, desertion

deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, two-facedness

fraud, informing, lying, snitching, talebearing, trickery
Near Antonyms of falseness

dependability, reliability, trustworthiness

defense, protection, safeguard, shield
Antonyms of falseness

allegiance, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, staunchness, steadfastness

3 the quality or state of being false

  • the falseness of your reasoning is so blatant that itʼs no wonder you reached that absurd conclusion
Synonyms of falseness

erroneousness, fallaciousness, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, untruth
Words Related to falseness

speciousness, spuriousness

deception, deceptiveness, delusion

inaccuracy, incorrectness

dishonesty, mendaciousness, mendacity, untruthfulness
Near Antonyms of falseness

accuracy, actuality, correctness, factuality, factualness, genuineness

credibility, honesty, trustworthiness, truthfulness, veracity
Antonyms of falseness

truth, verity

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