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Falsify (Verb)

Meaning 1

Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby.

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Alter
  • Interpolate

Hypernyms

  • Edit
  • Redact

Related Words

  • Falsification (noun)
  • Falsifier (noun)

Meaning 2

Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The ancient text's authenticity was disputed after scholars discovered an attempt to falsify its historical account with forged additions.
  • She was accused of trying to falsify the company's records by altering dates on key documents.
  • His attempt to falsify the message his boss sent was discovered when a copy of the original was found in the trash.
  • Historians are still debating whether a translator's error was used to intentionally falsify the treaty's original intent.
  • A scandal erupted after it was discovered that a group of editors conspired to falsify a news article to promote their own agenda.

Synonyms

  • Warp
  • Garble
  • Distort

Hypernyms

  • Belie

Hyponyms

  • Murder
  • Mutilate

Related Words

  • Falsification (noun)
  • Falsifier (noun)
  • Falsity (noun)

Meaning 3

Falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Antonyms

  • Correct

Hypernyms

  • Turn
  • Reverse

Related Words

  • Falsification (noun)
  • Falsifier (noun)
  • Falsity (noun)

Meaning 4

Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Fudge
  • Cook
  • Misrepresent
  • Fake
  • Wangle
  • Manipulate

Hypernyms

  • Cheat
  • Chisel

Hyponyms

  • Juggle

Related Words

  • Falsification (noun)
  • Falsifier (noun)
  • Falsity (noun)

Meaning 5

Prove false; "Falsify a claim".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Hypernyms

  • Confute

Related Words

  • Falsification (noun)
  • Falsifying (noun)
  • Falsity (noun)
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