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- pronunciation:
- fawls
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
falser, falsest |
| definition 1: |
When something is false, it is not true or not correct.
Lila thought that chocolate milk comes from brown cows, but that is false. Brown cows give the same kind of milk as other cows.- synonyms:
- incorrect, wrong
- antonyms:
- correct, true
- similar words:
- mistaken
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| definition 2: |
When something is false, it is not said with honesty. If you tell a lie, you are saying something that is false.
The story that David told his friends was false. He made it up to make himself look tough.- antonyms:
- truthful
- similar words:
- dishonest
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| definition 3: |
A false thing is something that seems like a real thing but isn't. False teeth look like real teeth, but they are not real teeth. They are made to look like real teeth.
My grandma lost a lot of her teeth. Now that she has her new false teeth, she can chew all kinds of food.- synonyms:
- fake
- antonyms:
- natural, real, sincere
- similar words:
- imitation
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| derivations: |
falsely (adv.), falseness (n.) |
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