Definition: (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
Usage: a false friend; when lovers prove untrue
Definition: arising from error
Usage: a false assumption; a mistaken view of the situation
Main entry: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, sham, put on, pretended
Definition: adopted in order to deceive
Usage: an assumed name; an assumed cheerfulness; a fictitious address; fictive sympathy; a pretended interest; a put-on childish voice; sham modesty
Main entry: off-key, false, sour
Definition: inaccurate in pitch
Usage: a false (or sour) note; her singing was off key
Main entry: false
Definition: designed to deceive
Usage: a suitcase with a false bottom
Main entry: fake, false, faux, simulated, imitation
Definition: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Usage: 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
Definition: inappropriate to reality or facts
Usage: delusive faith in a wonder drug; delusive expectations; false hopes
Main entry: false
Definition: deliberately deceptive
Usage: false pretenses
Main entry: false
Definition: not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
Usage: gave false testimony under oath; false tales of bravery
Main entry: false
Definition: erroneous and usually accidental
Usage: a false start; a false alarm
Main entry: faithlessly, false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably
Definition: in a disloyal and faithless manner
Usage: he behaved treacherously; his wife played him false