falso

Meaning

Adj

1. false; untrue
2. fake; counterfeit

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of falsar

Concepts

false

wrong

untrue

fake

sham

phoney

deceitful

spurious

mendacious

bogus

untruthful

hollow

lying

bad

two-faced

phony

deceptive

counterfeit

shoddy

disingenuous

dud

dummy

fictive

faux

FALSE

unsounded

falsehood

falso

erroneous

incorrect

mock

pinchbeck

pseudo

truthless

two-tongued

unsound

adulterate

worthless

negative

almost

common

gratis

in vain

mad

ordinary

uncareful

useless

reserved

unfrank

withdrawn

mistaken

imitative

assumed

fictitious

pretended

put on

forged

bastard

Janus-faced

ambidextrous

double-dealing

double-faced

double-tongued

duplicitous

fallacious

fraudulent

imitation

simulated

holier-than-thou

pharisaic

pharisaical

pietistic

pietistical

sanctimonious

self-righteous

delusive

hypocritical

insincere

pretender

factitious

falsified

inauthentic

supposititious

Hyphenated as

fal‧so

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfalso/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish falso, from Latin falsus, with preservation of /alC/ and initial /f/, which Coromines & Pascual suppose is the result of learned pronunciation habits.