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- [fawls]
- /fɔls/
- /fɔːls/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawls]
- /fɔls/
Definitions of false word
- adjective false not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement. 1
- adjective false uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness. 1
- adjective false not faithful or loyal; treacherous: a false friend. 1
- adjective false tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive: a false impression. 1
- adjective false not genuine; counterfeit. 1
- adjective false based on mistaken, erroneous, or inconsistent impressions, ideas, or facts: false pride. 1
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Origin of false
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English, Old English fals < Latin falsus feigned, false, orig. past participle of fallere to deceive; reinforced by or reborrowed from Anglo-French, Old French fals, feminine false < Latin
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Parts of speech for False
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
false popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
false usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for false
adj false
- fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- untrue — not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.
- distorted — not truly or completely representing the facts or reality; misrepresented; false: She has a distorted view of life.
- mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- improper — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
noun false
- phoniness — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
adjective false
- counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
- insincere — not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- erroneous — Wrong; incorrect.
Antonyms for false
adj false
- real — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- truthful — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- honest — honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person.
- moral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- valid — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
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