False synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
Given to telling untruths; likely to tell lies
The definition of deceitful is someone or something intentionally untruthful or intended to mislead.
Of or involving treason; treasonable
Of or like fiction; imaginary
(Philately) Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp).
Exhibiting treachery.
misrepresentative
Purporting to be representative without actually being.
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Imaginary; conjured in someone's imagination, especially when imagined by a child
Dishonest or reprehensible:
The definition of inaccurate is something incorrect or wrong.
Contrary to conscience, morality, or law:
Seeming to be good, sound, correct, logical, etc. without really being so; plausible but not genuine
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falsehearted
Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious:
Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
With cosmetics applied
not what it's cracked up to be
Said of things
(Obs.) Changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten
The definition of lying is not telling the truth.
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Having or showing little or no honor, courage, or decency; mean; ignoble; contemptible
Being a hypocrite:
Duplicitous or deceitful; treacherous.
Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent
Dishonest; unscrupulous
Of or like a rascal; base; dishonest; mean
Like or befitting a scoundrel.
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Tending toward or characterized by cruelty or violence:
Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
(Archaic) For sale; available for purchase.
The definition of underhanded is sneaky or deceitful.
Not scrupulous; not restrained by ideas of right and wrong; unprincipled
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Causing or deserving dishonor; not honorable; shameful; disgraceful
Very bad, disagreeable, or objectionable
Relating to, constituting, or involving treason:
Given to, engaging in, or promoting sedition.
Said of persons
Habitually phony or dishonest:
Deviating from a standard; not straight, even, level, or exact.
The definition of apocryphal is something that may or may not be true or genuine.
Tending to indulge in fancy:
Deceiving or intended to deceive
Improper; inappropriate:
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Quibbling; sophistical; specious
Alternative form of Jesuitic.
Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.
Tending to delude.
Illusory.
Not well; weak and sickly; infirm
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Done or obtained by fraud
Fradulently devised; fabricated:
contrary to fact
Said of statements or supposed facts
Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
cooked-up
Said of statements or supposed facts
Not genuine; fake:
The definition of counterfeit is fake or made in imitation.
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Not natural or genuine; artificial or contrived:
Produced artificially rather than by a natural process.
Taken up or used so as to deceive; pretended:
(Slang) So remarkable as to elicit disbelief; fantastic.
not-genuine
Said of things
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Said of things
Supposed; alleged:
Said of things
Made in resemblance of or as a substitute for another.
The definition of an imitation is something that is made to look like something else.
Without life
The definition of pseudo is someone or something fake, false or pretend.
(Of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
Pretended; simulated; sham
The definition of contrived is something that seems made-up or forced, or that doesn't ring true.
(South African) Of or belonging to a population grouping made up of persons of mixed racial descent or of certain other nonwhite descent, especially as distinguished during apartheid from blacks, Asians, or whites.
Said of things
Made inferior, impure, etc. by adulterating
Overlaid or coated with a metal, esp. a precious one, by a plating process
Commonly called:
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
The definition of fake is someone or something that is not genuine.
The definition of ersatz is a substitute or synthetic.
Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit:
Said of things
catchpenny
Made merely to sell; cheap and flashy
Disabled; malfunctioning:
false-colored
Said of things
honorable (antonym)
Deserving or winning honor and respect:
accurate (antonym)
In exact or careful conformity to truth; the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
established (antonym)
Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
real (antonym)
Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation:
genuine (antonym)
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
authentic (antonym)
(Law) Executed in a manner so as to produce legal effectiveness:
Running contrary to the facts:
Lacking truth, untruthful.
Containing or based on a fallacy:
Started on the way.
Not safe and secure financially
Without logic; senseless.
Based upon supposition
Substituted with intent to deceive or defraud; spurious; counterfeit
Without loyalty; faithless, traitorous.
Not keeping faith; dishonest; disloyal
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
Cowardly; craven
Failing to observe the terms of a vow, promise, understanding, etc., or false to allegiance or duty; faithless; disloyal
all-wet
in error
off (or wide of) the mark
continue (related)
Not true to duty or obligation
trust (related)
Managing for an owner; acting as trustee
Of, relating to, or being fiction; fictional.
Assumed or feigned
(Music) pitched inaccurately either above or below the correct note
The definition of faux is something that is not real or something that is an imitation.
in a disloyal and faithless manner
in a disloyal and faithless manner
in a disloyal and faithless manner
falsehood (related)
falsely (related)
falsify (related)
The definition of dishonest is a person who cheats or lies.
Said of statements or supposed facts
That is not truly the designated thing but that closely resembles it
in a disloyal and faithless manner
Synonym Study
- Fake is a less formal term for any person or thing that is not genuine a fake doctor, chimney, etc. See also syn. study at faithless.
- Counterfeit and the colloquial bogus apply to a very careful imitation and always imply intent to deceive or defraud counterfeit, or bogus, money
- Sham refers to an imitation or simulation of something and usually connotes intent to deceive sham piety
- False , in this comparison, refers to anything that is not in essence that which it purports to be and may or may not connote deliberate deception false hair, false eyelashes
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