Untrue

//ʌnˈtɹuː//

Synonyms for "untrue" (181 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Strong matches (54)

Related words (90)

insincere invalid lease mendacious misleading mistaken mythical negligent nonadherent noncompliant nonconforming nonobservant not right not true not true to of bad faith off off the track out out of true

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Adjective(38 words)

invented judaslike judasly made up mendacious nonfactual nonfaithful nontrue nontruthful perfidious proditorious proditory pseudo punic ratlike recreant renegade reptilian reptitious spurious

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swike traitorish traitorlike traitorly traitorous traitorsome treacherous treachersome treasonous trothless unfaithful unleal unloyal unsteadfast untruthful unveracious viperish viperous

Adjective(1 words)

out of true

Related word relations

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More specific

12 entries

concocted deceitful deceptive dishonest fabricated falsified faux mendacious misdirective misleading prevaricated unfaithful

Antonyms

3 entries

faithful true veracious

Synonyms

4 entries

false lease out of true unfaithful

Related terms

6 entries

absurd artificial fake falsehood nonsense truth

derived

1 entries

untruism

derived from

1 entries

true

related to

2 entries

false true

similar

7 entries

false inconstant uneven unfaithful

Translations

42 translations across 23 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ψευδής adj (false)

Bulgarian

2 entries

грешен adj (false)
неверен adj (false)

Danish

1 entries

usand adj (false)

Dutch

2 entries

ontrouw adj (not faithful or loyal)
onwaar adj (false)

Esperanto

2 entries

malvera adj (false)
nevera adj (false)

Georgian

4 entries

არამართალი adj (false)
არამართებული adj (false)
არანამდვილი adj (false)
არასწორი adj (false)

German

1 entries

unwahr adj (false)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌿𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 adj (not faithful or loyal)

Icelandic

2 entries

rangur adj (false)
ósannur adj (false)

Irish

1 entries

ainfhíor adj (false)

Italian

1 entries

falso adj (false)

Latin

1 entries

falsus adj (false)

Māori

4 entries

hāwatewate adj (false)
meho adj (false)
rūkahu adj (false)
rūpahu adj (false)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

usann adj (false)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

usann adj (false)

Old English

2 entries

unsōþ adj (false)
untrēowe adj (false)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

یالان adj (false)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

faulsch adj (false)
ontru adj (false)
onwoa adj (false)

Portuguese

1 entries

falso adj (false)

Sanskrit

1 entries

असत्य adj (false)

Spanish

4 entries

falso adj (false)
fatulo adj (false)
incorrecto adj (false)
inexacto adj (false)

Swedish

1 entries

osann adj (false)

Turkish

1 entries

asılsız adj (false)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The rumor, after all, turned out untrue.

Source: tatoeba (65431)

You don’t like cats and that is untrue.

Source: tatoeba (1121848)

Everything she says is untrue.

Source: tatoeba (1176983)

Not every untrue statement is a lie.

Source: tatoeba (1490718)

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