Synonyms for falsify
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Misrepresent
misrepresent, cook, discredit, manipulate, fake, false, counterfeit, belie, fudge, forge, wangle
3. Alter
Definitions
- v. 1
To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
to falsify a record or document
- v. 2
To misrepresent.
- v. 3
To counterfeit; to forge.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- falsified
e.g. falsified → misrepresented, cooked, discredited, manipulated…
Example sentences
- fake Many consumer reviews of books on Amazon are fake.
- manipulate They're trying to manipulate the kids with threats.
- discredit Tom can't believe Mary is trying to discredit him.
- misrepresent Journalists need to be careful not to misrepresent information.
- lie Such an honest man as John cannot have told a lie.
- violate These factories violate multiple health regulations.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| falsify | steady | |
| fake | rising | |
| manipulate | rising | |
| discredit | steady | |
| misrepresent | steady | |
| lie | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lie1
- 4 letters
- cook1, fake1, warp1
- 5 letters
- color2, false1, alter2, forge1, fudge1, belie2
- 6 letters
- doctor2, colour2, wangle2, garble2
- 7 letters
- violate3, pervert2, distort2
- 8 letters
- disprove2, misstate2
- 9 letters
- discredit3, fabricate3
- 10 letters
- manipulate4, adulterate4
- 11 letters
- counterfeit3, interpolate4
- 12 letters
- misrepresent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (color2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- falsifier
- Italiano
- falsificare
- Deutsch
- verfälschen