What does falsify mean?

falsify means "make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in falsify?

falsify has 3 syllables: fal-si-fy. The stress falls on "fal". In IPA it is /ˈfɔlsəˌfaɪ/.

What is another word for falsify?

Close synonyms include distort, garble, warp, fudge, manipulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of falsify?

The recorded antonyms are correct.

Is falsify a common word?

falsify is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with falsify?

72 words rhyme with falsify. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

falsify — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

verb

5 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Synonymsdistort garble warp
Broadermisrepresent
Narrowermangle
2.
tamper, with the purpose of deception
“Fudge the figures”
“cook the books”
“falsify the data”
Synonymsfudge manipulate fake cook wangle misrepresent
Broadercheat
Narrowerjuggle
3.
prove false
“Falsify a claim”
Broaderdisprove
4.
falsify knowingly
“She falsified the records”
Antonymscorrect
Broaderchange by reversal
5.
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Synonymsinterpolate alter
Broaderedit

Other forms of falsify

past tense or participle: falsified
present participle: falsifying·
third person: falsifies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about falsify

What does falsify mean?: falsify means "make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in falsify?: falsify has 3 syllables: fal-si-fy. The stress falls on "fal". In IPA it is /ˈfɔlsəˌfaɪ/.
What is another word for falsify?: Close synonyms include distort, garble, warp, fudge, manipulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of falsify?: The recorded antonyms are correct.
Is falsify a common word?: falsify is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with falsify?: 72 words rhyme with falsify. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for falsify come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

5 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Synonymsdistort garble warp
Broadermisrepresent
Narrowermangle
2.
tamper, with the purpose of deception
“Fudge the figures”
“cook the books”
“falsify the data”
Synonymsfudge manipulate fake cook wangle misrepresent
Broadercheat
Narrowerjuggle
3.
prove false
“Falsify a claim”
Broaderdisprove
4.
falsify knowingly
“She falsified the records”
Antonymscorrect
Broaderchange by reversal
5.
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Synonymsinterpolate alter
Broaderedit

Other forms of falsify

past tense or participle: falsified
present participle: falsifying·
third person: falsifies·

Questions about falsify

What does falsify mean?: falsify means "make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in falsify?: falsify has 3 syllables: fal-si-fy. The stress falls on "fal". In IPA it is /ˈfɔlsəˌfaɪ/.
What is another word for falsify?: Close synonyms include distort, garble, warp, fudge, manipulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of falsify?: The recorded antonyms are correct.
Is falsify a common word?: falsify is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with falsify?: 72 words rhyme with falsify. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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