falsity

English Thesaurus

1. a false statement (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	statement,
definition	:	a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	dodge, dodging, scheme,
definition	:	a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	lie, prevarication,
definition	:	a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	fable, fabrication, fiction,
definition	:	a deliberately false or improbable account (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	deceit, deception, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	contradiction, contradiction in terms,
definition	:	(logic) a statement that is necessarily false (noun.communication)

2. the state of being false or untrue (noun.state)

hypernym	:	irreality, unreality,
definition	:	the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact (noun.state)

hyponym	:	spuriousness,
definition	:	state of lacking genuineness (noun.state)

3. a false statement (noun.communication)

antonym	:	true statement, truth,
definition	:	a true statement (noun.communication)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	falsify knowingly (verb.change)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	deliberately deceptive (adj.all)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality (adj.all)

4. the state of being false or untrue (noun.state)

antonym	:	the true, trueness, truth, verity,
definition	:	conformity to reality or actuality (noun.state)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	falsify knowingly (verb.change)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	prove false (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

derivation	:	false, untrue,
definition	:	(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful (adj.all)

derivation	:	false, mistaken,
definition	:	arising from error (adj.all)

derivation	:	delusive, false,
definition	:	inappropriate to reality or facts (adj.all)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality (adj.all)

5. a false statement (noun.communication)

antonym	:	true statement, truth,
definition	:	a true statement (noun.communication)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	falsify knowingly (verb.change)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	deliberately deceptive (adj.all)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality (adj.all)

6. the state of being false or untrue (noun.state)

antonym	:	the true, trueness, truth, verity,
definition	:	conformity to reality or actuality (noun.state)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	falsify knowingly (verb.change)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	prove false (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

derivation	:	false, untrue,
definition	:	(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful (adj.all)

derivation	:	false, mistaken,
definition	:	arising from error (adj.all)

derivation	:	delusive, false,
definition	:	inappropriate to reality or facts (adj.all)

derivation	:	false,
definition	:	not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality (adj.all)