falsify

Meaning

1. To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
2. To misrepresent.
3. To counterfeit; to forge.
4. To prove to be false.
5. To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.
6. (obsolete) To baffle or escape.
7. (obsolete) To violate; to break by falsehood.

Synonyms

counterfeit

fake

forge

distort

misrepresent

adulterate

garble

cook

🧑‍🍳

alter

deceive

warp

wangle

fudge

lie

manipulate

fabricate

copy

interpolation

imitate

interpolate

sophisticate

rig

tamper with

prevaricate

finagle

mislead

misquote

misreport

monkey

🐒

negate

neutralize

override

overrule

overturn

perjure

pervert

pretend

quash

refute

repeal

reproduce

revolutionize

run

scramble

sham

simulate

skew

spin

straighten

subvert

tell a lie

tell untruths

cook the books

twist

twist around

undo

utter a falsehood

abolish

diceive

abrogate

bastardise

bastardize

cancel

cancel out

change

cheat

confute

convolute

correct

cure

debase

disappoint

disprove

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

explode

falsification

feign

fib

fiddle

forswear

invalidate

juggle

load

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/

Etymology

From French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, present active infinitive of falsificō (“make false, corrupt, counterfeit, falsify”), from Latin falsificus, from falsus (“false”), corresponding to false + -ify.