false meaning and definition

FALSE adjective

Definition of false (adjective)

1. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
   • "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
   • antonym: true
2. arising from error
   • "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
   • synonyms: mistaken
3. erroneous and usually accidental
   • "a false start"; "a false alarm"
4. deliberately deceptive
   • "false pretenses"
5. inappropriate to reality or facts
   • "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
   • synonyms: delusive
6. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
   • "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
   • synonyms: fake, faux, imitation, simulated
7. designed to deceive
   • "a suitcase with a false bottom"
8. inaccurate in pitch
   • "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
   • synonyms: off-key, sour
9. adopted in order to deceive
   • "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
   • synonyms: assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
10. (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
    • "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
    • synonyms: untrue

FALSE adverb

Definition of false (adverb)

1. in a disloyal and faithless manner
   • "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
   • synonyms: faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably