Synonyms for false
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Untrue — untrue, not factual, factually incorrect
untrue, wrong, spurious, mendacious, counterfeit, incorrect, bogus, erroneous, fictitious, untruthful, fallacious, misleading, dishonest, insincere, fraudulent, unfounded, inaccurate, deceptive, unreal, specious, groundless, deceitful
2. Fake
fake, artificial, faux, mock, simulated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- adj. 2
Based on factually incorrect premises.
false legislation, false punishment
- adj. 3
Spurious, artificial.
- adj. 4
Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Related words
- Word family
- falseheart false-hearted falsehood falseness falsie falsifiable falsification falsify
- Phrases
- false witness false step false flax false fruit false alder false hellebore false memory false pretense
Example sentences
- untrue The main thing is to not be untrue to yourself.
- counterfeit Lots of things other than money can be counterfeit.
- spurious His books were filled with spurious arguments.
- mendacious My wife is mendacious for dating another man behind my back.
- mistaken You seem to have mistaken me for my elder brother.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| false | rising | |
| untrue | steady | |
| counterfeit | rising | |
| spurious | falling | |
| mendacious | rising | |
| mistaken | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fake1, mock1, sour2, faux1, sham1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, bogus2
- 6 letters
- unreal2, untrue2
- 7 letters
- assumed2, fictive
- 8 letters
- mistaken3, spurious3, specious2, delusive
- 9 letters
- incorrect3, pretended3, dishonest3, simulated4, deceptive3, erroneous4, unfounded3, deceitful3, insincere3
- 10 letters
- artificial4, misleading3, fraudulent3, inaccurate4, fictitious3, fallacious3, groundless2, untruthful3, mendacious3
- 11 letters
- counterfeit3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sour2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- faux
- Italiano
- falso
- Español
- equivocado
- Deutsch
- falsch
- Català
- fals