untrue

Other forms of untrue

comparative

untruer·

superlative

untruest·

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 untrue

What does untrue mean?

untrue means "not according with the facts". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in untrue?

untrue has 2 syllables: un-true. The stress falls on "true". In IPA it is /ənˈtɹu/.

What is another word for untrue?

Close synonyms include out of true, false. 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.

Is untrue a common word?

untrue is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 untrue?

1 word rhymes with untrue. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.