False - Definition

adv 1: in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved
treacherously"; "his wife played him false" [syn:
faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously,
treasonably, false]
adj 1: not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality;
"gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of
bravery" [ant: true]
2: arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of
the situation" [syn: false, mistaken]
3: erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false
alarm"
4: deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"
5: inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a
wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes" [syn:
delusive, false]
6: 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" [syn: fake,
false, faux, imitation, simulated]
7: designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"
8: inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing
was off key" [syn: false, off-key, sour]
9: 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" [syn: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive,
pretended, put on, sham]
10: (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or
affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove
untrue" [syn: false, untrue]