All misrepresentative synonyms
mis·rep·re·sent
M m adj misrepresentative
- 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.
- 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.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.