false
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: wrong, made up
Synonyms:
apocryphal
beguiling
bogus
casuistic
concocted
contrary to fact
cooked-up
counterfactual
deceitful
deceiving
delusive
dishonest
distorted
erroneous
ersatz
fake
fallacious
fanciful
faulty
fictitious
fishy
fraudulent
illusive
imaginary
improper
inaccurate
incorrect
inexact
invalid
lying
mendacious
misleading
misrepresentative
mistaken
off the mark
phony
sham
sophistical
specious
spurious
trumped up
unfounded
unreal
unsound
untrue
untruthful
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: dishonest, hypocritical
Synonyms:
apostate
base
beguiling
canting
corrupt
crooked
deceitful
deceiving
deceptive
deluding
delusive
devious
dishonorable
disloyal
double-dealing
duplicitous
faithless
falsehearted
forsworn
foul
lying
malevolent
malicious
mean
misleading
mythomaniac
perfidious
perjured
rascally
recreant
renegade
scoundrelly
traitorous
treacherous
treasonable
two-faced
underhanded
unfaithful
unscrupulous
untrustworthy
venal
villainous
wicked
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: fake, counterfeit
Synonyms:
adulterated
alloyed
artificial
assumed
bent
bogus
brummagem
bum
colored
contrived
copied
crock
deceptive
disguised
ersatz
fabricated
factitious
feigned
fishy
forged
framed
hollow
imitation
made-up
makebelieve
manufactured
meretricious
mock
ostensible
phony
pretended
pseudo
seeming
shady
sham
simulated
snide
so-called
spurious
substitute
synthetic
unreal
wrong
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