1) to say false things about a person, a person's character etc (aspersions)
2) the act of causing a person to accept as true or genuine something that is false (deceit)
3) to cause (a person) to believe something that is false (deceive)
4) the act, state, of deluding or being deluded; a false opinion or belief, especially one that may be a symptom of madness (delusion)
5) to prove (something) to be wrong or false (disprove)
6) to pull, twist, (something) out of the usual shape; to give a false account of (something) (distort)
7) to give more knowledge to a person (about something); free a person from ignorance, misunderstanding or false beliefs (enlighten)
8) a false or mistaken belief; false reasoning or argument (fallacy)
9) to make (something) false (falsify)
10) to make an incomplete or unfair selection from statements, facts etc, especially in order to give false ideas (garble)
wrong(ly); out of order
wrong; defective
not natural or real; made by humans
fake; imitation
pretending or falsely claiming to be a artistic
pretended expertise in art; affected interest
a person whose parents are not married when he or she is born
illegitimate
not genuine
counterfeit
deliberately forced; insincere
overly planned
(to make) (something) made or done in imitation of another thing in order to deceive
fake, simulated
often deceiving
dishonest, insincere
deceiving
dishonest
deceptive
deceptive
not honest
lying, untruthful
not loyal (to a person, one's country etc)
unfaithful
(of an opinion etc) incorrect; mistaken
wrong, incorrect
avoiding, trying to avoid, something
deceitful, tricky
disloyal
disloyal
without good reason
without reason, justification
without, contrary to, logic
not making sense
illusory (especially when used about mental images)
deceptive
based on a false or impossible idea
deceptive
not precise
erroneous
not paying attention to the conventions of society; incorrect
not suitable
not accurate
erroneous
not correct
wrong
doing harm secretly or unseen
sneaky, tricky
not sincere
dishonest, pretended
not solidly built; not enough
weak, imaginary
not valid; invalidate; weak or disabled because of illness or injury; suitable for invalid persons
worthless; unfounded
containing a libel
derogatory
of lie, lie
dishonest
an act of pretending
imagined, unreal
untruthful
dishonest
not real or genuine; to make fun of (a person, way of speaking etc) (especially by copying in an unkind or disrespectful way)
artificial, fake
deceitful; faithless
treacherous
(to make) the cry of a duck; a person dishonestly claiming to have medical knowledge and skill
counterfeit
making a show (often insincere) of being religious
self-righteous
to pretend (to be in the condition mentioned)
artificial, counterfeit
seeming to be right or true but not really so
misleading
false; not genuine
counterfeit, fake
a person or thing taking the place of, acting for, another
alternative
false or disloyal (to a friend, cause etc); dangerous, severe
dishonest, disloyal
not genuine or true
invented mentally
not authentic
counterfeit, fake
not true (to one's duty, a promise etc); committing adultery
disloyal, adulterous
without proof
not based on fact
not natural or normal
not regular; artificial
imaginary; not real
fake, make-believe; hypothetical
that cannot be relied on; not to be trusted
not trustworthy, not true
not sound
not well; flimsy
false; disloyal
dishonest
not trustworthy
not dependable, unfaithful
(of behaviour etc) morally bad, illegal, unjust; (of facts, reasons, time etc) not correct; untrue; not at all suitable
incorrect
