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falsify

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of falsify

1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not

Synonyms of falsify

bend, color, cook, distort, fudge, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp

Words Related to falsify

misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate

belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash

bowdlerize, censor

complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up)

mystify, obscure

equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate

Near Antonyms of falsify

clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out

decipher

2 to prove to be false

telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night

Synonyms of falsify

belie, confound, confute, debunk, disconfirm, discredit, disprove, rebut, refute, shoot down

Words Related to falsify

overthrow, overturn

challenge, contest, query, question

doubt, mistrust

debate, discuss, hash (over), moot, talk over

Phrases Synonymous with falsify

give the lie to

Near Antonyms of falsify

document, evidence, evince, record, show, support, witness

back (up), buttress, corroborate, substantiate

adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify

demonstrate, display, illustrate, manifest

Antonyms of falsify

confirm, establish, prove, validate, verify

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