Thesaurus:untrue

Thesaurus

false

English

Adjective

Sense: untrue, not factual, wrong

Synonyms

• bastard    [⇒ thesaurus] (of plant species)
• counterfactual
• erroneous
• fallacious
• false    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fictitious
• inaccurate
• incorrect
• invented
• made up
• nonfactual
• nontrue
• nontruthful
• pseudo-
• spurious
• untrue
• untruthful
• unveracious
• unveridical
• wrong

Antonyms

• accurate
• correct
• factual
• right
• true
• truthful
• veracious
• veridical

Hyponyms

• concocted
• deceitful
• deceptive    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dishonest
• fabricated
• falsified
• faux
• mendacious
• misdirective
• misleading
• prevaricated
• unfaithful

Various

• artificial

See also

• Thesaurus:falsehood
• Thesaurus:absurd
• Thesaurus:nonsense
• Thesaurus:fake
• Thesaurus:truth

Further reading

• “544. falsehood” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “untrue” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "untrue" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.