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▸ adjective: designed to deceive ("A suitcase with a false bottom")
▸ adjective: deliberately deceptive ("Hollow (or false) promises")
▸ adjective: not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality ("Gave false testimony under oath")
▸ adjective: erroneous and usually accidental ("A false start")
▸ adjective: (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful ("A false friend")
▸ adjective: arising from error ("A false assumption")
▸ adjective: inaccurate in pitch ("A false (or sour) note")
▸ adjective: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article ("False teeth")
▸ adjective: inappropriate to reality or facts ("False hopes")
▸ adjective: adopted in order to deceive
▸ adverb: in a disloyal and faithless manner ("His wife played him false")
▸ Also see falsest
▸ Word origin
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▸ Idioms related to false (New!)
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▸ adjective: designed to deceive ("A suitcase with a false bottom")
▸ adjective: deliberately deceptive ("Hollow (or false) promises")
▸ adjective: not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality ("Gave false testimony under oath")
▸ adjective: erroneous and usually accidental ("A false start")
▸ adjective: (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful ("A false friend")
▸ adjective: arising from error ("A false assumption")
▸ adjective: inaccurate in pitch ("A false (or sour) note")
▸ adjective: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article ("False teeth")
▸ adjective: inappropriate to reality or facts ("False hopes")
▸ adjective: adopted in order to deceive
▸ adverb: in a disloyal and faithless manner ("His wife played him false")
▸ Also see falsest
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to false
▸ Usage examples for false
▸ Idioms related to false (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by false
▸ Words that often appear near false
▸ Rhymes of false
▸ Invented words related to false