Reverse Dictionary: FALSE

ADJECTIVES
– APOCRYPHATE † of spurious creation or character; of doubtful authenticity; fictitious, false …1486
– APOCRYPHICAL †* of doubtful authorship or authenticity; spurious, fictitious, false …1719
– BELIED calumniated, falsified, proved false …1610
– BODGER inferior, false, second-rate …Aust. obs. sl.
– BODGIE of names, etc.: false; assumed …Aust. sl.
– CRANK bogus; false; phony …Bk2006 US sl.
– FAKE fraudulent; spurious; counterfeit; false; pretended …1775
– FALSE AS A BULLETIN inaccurate, false …c1795 colloq.
– FALSE AS MY KNIFE, AS ‘as with knives, so with false friends – they’ll cut me’ …20C
– FALSE AS NEWGATE, AS very false …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– FALSE AS WAGHORN very false …1721 Sc.
– FALSELY †* false, deceptive …a1310
– FALSIDICAL * suggesting as true what is really false; falsehood-telling …1886
– FALSIFIC † making false, falsifying …1736
– FALSISH * somewhat false …1873
– FLAM false …1692 sl.
– GAMMONING † counterfeit, false, pretended, feign …1802 UK sl.
– LEASE † untrue, false, lying …a900
– MARGARINE sham, bogus, falsified, false …1891
– SHNIDE, SNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand …1859 UK
– SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus  …1859 UK
– TIN mean, petty, worthless, counterfeit, false …1886
– ULYSSEAN characteristic of or resembling Ulysses in craft or deceit, or in extensive wanderings; deceitful, cunning, false …1639

ADVERBS
1387 ► DECEIVABLY deceitfully, fraudulently, falsely → obs.

NOUNS
– ABRAHAM-WORK shams of all kinds, false pretenses …Bk1909 cant
– BILLIARD SLUM, THE false pretenses …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– FALSE what is false …c1380
– FALSIE anything false or artificial; a prosthesis …1940s Amer. sl.
– FALSILOQUENCE †* false speaking; deceitful speech …1710
– FALSITY † false or treacherous conduct; treachery, fraud …c1330
– FALSY anything false or artificial; a prosthesis …1940s Amer. sl.
– PACKET a false report …L18 sl.
– SUGGESTION † the act of making a false statement or supplying underhand information; an instance of this, a false representation or charge …c1375
– UMBRAGE † a pretext or pretense; a false show …1634
– WANTROKING † despair; false or mistaken expectation …c1315
– FALLACE † deception, trickery, falsehood; deceitfulness …a1300
– FALSAGE †* deceit, falsehood …a1400
– FALSE † fraud, falsehood, treachery; in early use, counterfeiting of coin; forgery …c1000
– FALSEHOOD † as an attribute of persons: falseness, deceitfulness, mendacity, faithlessness …1297
– FALSELEKE †* falsehood …a1310
– FALSERY † deception, falsification, falsehood …1594
– FALSET † falsehood, treachery, fraud …1375 chiefly Sc.
– FALSIMONY † falsity, falseness …1736

NOUNS, PERSON
1573 ► FALSARY a false or deceitful person → obs.
1689 ► QUID PRO QUO one who assumes a false character → obs,
1902 ► NABS a false, deceitful, dishonest, or waggish fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1964 ► PSEUD a false, artificial, or pretentious person → colloq.

VERBS
– AFFECT to put on a pretense of; to assume a false appearance of, to counterfeit or pretend …1661
– BELIE † to give the lie to; to call false, to contradict as a lie or a liar; to reject as false, to deny the truth of …1577
– DECEIVE † to be or prove false to, to play false, to deal treacherously with; to betray …a1300
– FABLE † to speak falsely; to talk falsehoods, to lie …1530 obs. exc. arch.
– FAIT † to act or speak falsely, to use false pretenses; to beg on false pretenses …c1320
– FALSEN * to make false or unreal …1888
– FALSIFY 1. † to prove false; to break or violate one’s faith, word, etc. …1532
2. † to make a false representation or statement; to deal in falsehoods …1629
– LET THE AIR OUT OF to debunk; to expose the falseness of …1940s sl.
– NAIL TO THE COUNTER to expose as false or spurious; to expose as a lie …1842
– NEGATIVE to disprove; to show to be false …1790