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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 thatʼs 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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