· not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"

Antonym(s): true

· arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"

Synonym(s): mistaken

· erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"

· deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"

· inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"

Synonym(s): delusive

· 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"

Synonym(s): fake, faux, imitation, simulated

· designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"

· inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

Synonym(s): off-key, sour

· 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"

Synonym(s): assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put_on, sham

· (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"

Synonym(s): untrue

· in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"

Synonym(s): faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably