| false | | |
| adj. | 1. false | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality.; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" |
| ~ incorrect, wrong | not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth.; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" |
| ~ counterfeit, imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior.; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
| ~ dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. |
| ~ insincere | lacking sincerity.; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" |
| ~ mendacious | intentionally untrue.; "a mendacious statement" |
| ~ specious, spurious | plausible but false.; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences" |
| ~ trumped-up | concocted with intent to deceive.; "trumped-up charges" |
| ~ untrue | not according with the facts.; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue" |
| adj. | 2. false, mistaken | arising from error.; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation" |
| ~ incorrect, wrong | not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth.; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" |
| adj. | 3. false | erroneous and usually accidental.; "a false start"; "a false alarm" |
| ~ invalid | having no cogency or legal force.; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license" |
| adj. | 4. false | deliberately deceptive.; "false pretenses" |
| ~ insincere | lacking sincerity.; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" |
| adj. | 5. delusive, false | inappropriate to reality or facts.; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes" |
| ~ unrealistic | not realistic.; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels" |
| adj. | 6. fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated | 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" |
| ~ artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature.; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" |
| adj. | 7. false | designed to deceive.; "a suitcase with a false bottom" |
| ~ dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. |
| adj. | 8. false, off-key, sour | inaccurate in pitch.; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" |
| ~ inharmonious, unharmonious | not in harmony. |
| adj. | 9. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham | 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" |
| ~ counterfeit, imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior.; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
| adj. | 10. false, untrue | (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful.; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue" |
| ~ inconstant | likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable.; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon" |
| adv. | 11. faithlessly, false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably | in a disloyal and faithless manner.; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false" |
| founder | | |
| n. (state) | 1. founder, laminitis | inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse. |
| ~ inflammation, redness, rubor | a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat. |
| n. (person) | 2. beginner, father, founder, founding father | a person who founds or establishes some institution.; "George Washington is the father of his country" |
| ~ cofounder | one of a group of founders. |
| ~ coloniser, colonizer | someone who helps to found a colony. |
| ~ foundress | a woman founder. |
| ~ conceiver, mastermind, originator | someone who creates new things. |
| n. (person) | 3. founder | a worker who makes metal castings. |
| ~ bell founder | a person who casts metal bells. |
| ~ skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | a worker who has acquired special skills. |
| v. (social) | 4. fall flat, fall through, flop, founder | fail utterly; collapse.; "The project foundered" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (motion) | 5. founder | sink below the surface. |
| ~ go under, go down, sink, settle | go under,.; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| v. (motion) | 6. break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ implode, go off | burst inward.; "The bottle imploded" |
| ~ abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ buckle, crumple | fold or collapse.; "His knees buckled" |
| ~ flop | fall loosely.; "He flopped into a chair" |
| ~ break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves.; "The surf broke" |
| ~ slide down, slump, sink | fall or sink heavily.; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" |
| ~ collapse, burst | cause to burst.; "The ice broke the pipe" |
| v. (motion) | 7. founder | stumble and nearly fall.; "the horses foundered" |
| ~ trip, stumble | miss a step and fall or nearly fall.; "She stumbled over the tree root" |
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