All false synonyms

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.
• fanciful — characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
• untruthful — not truthful; wanting in veracity; diverging from or contrary to the truth; not corresponding with fact or reality.
• incorrect — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
• deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
• invalid — an infirm or sickly person.
• fictitious — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
• bogus — If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine.
• misleading — deceptive; tending to mislead.
• faulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.
• inaccurate — not accurate; incorrect or untrue.
• spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
• phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
• specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
• unfounded — without foundation; not based on fact, realistic considerations, or the like: unfounded suspicions.
• dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
• fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
• unreal — not real or actual.
• deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
• malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
• contrived — If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• forged — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
• hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
• fabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
• apocryphal — An apocryphal story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something.
• delusive — tending to delude; misleading
• fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
• fishy — like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like.
• illusive — illusory.
• imaginary — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
• inexact — not exact; not strictly precise or accurate.
• lying — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
• mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• trumped up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
• unsound — not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
• counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
• beguiling — Something that is beguiling is charming and attractive.
• casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
• concocted — to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers.
• cooked-up — to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
• misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
• apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.