Synonyms for untrue
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. False — not faithful or loyal
false, untruthful, unfaithful, disloyal, invalid, fictitious, treacherous, faithless, off, offn US, perfidious, inconstant, traitorous, recreant formal, unloyal, unsteadfast, dishonest, false-hearted, deceitful, treasonous, apostate, trothless formal dated
2. Incorrect — false; not true
incorrect, wrong, erroneous, inaccurate, mendacious, fallacious, amiss, unveridical, unsound, improper, faulty
Definitions
- adj. 1
False; not true.
She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.
- adj. 2
Not faithful or loyal.
Example sentences
- invalid From tomorrow this email address will be invalid.
- unfaithful Dan discovered that his wife had been unfaithful.
- disloyal My suffering comes from realizing you were disloyal.
- incorrect This book is now considered politically incorrect.
- erroneous He thought he could get away with his erroneous sentence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| untrue | steady | |
| invalid | falling | |
| unfaithful | rising | |
| disloyal | steady | |
| untruthful | steady | |
| incorrect | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- off1
- 4 letters
- offn
- 5 letters
- wrong1, false1, amiss2
- 6 letters
- faulty2
- 7 letters
- invalid3, unsound2, unloyal
- 8 letters
- improper3, disloyal3, apostate3, recreant
- 9 letters
- incorrect3, dishonest3, erroneous4, deceitful3, faithless, trothless
- 10 letters
- inaccurate4, fictitious3, unfaithful3, traitorous3, treasonous3, fallacious3, untruthful3, perfidious, inconstant, mendacious3
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, unsteadfast, unveridical
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amiss2 = 2 syllables).