Dictionary Check: false

"false" is a valid word!

Scrabble 8 points
Words with Friends 9 points

Definition

adjective

not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

Example: "gave false testimony under oath"
Antonyms:
adjective

arising from error

Example: "a false assumption"
Synonyms:
adjective

erroneous and usually accidental

Example: "a false start"
adjective

deliberately deceptive

Example: "false pretenses"
adjective

inappropriate to reality or facts

Example: "delusive faith in a wonder drug"
Synonyms:
adjective

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

Example: "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"

Advertisement