Phrase Hound found 275 phrases and 34 compound words that contain false. The most common are listed below. Open false in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 275
- false positiveA result of a test that shows as present something that is absent.
- false alarmA warning signal (such as the call of sentry, the ringing of a bell, or the shriek of a siren) which turns out to have been given erroneously.
- true or falseOf a question or series of questions having as answers only "true" or "false"
- false friendA word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.
- false positivesplural of false positive: A result of a test that shows as present something that is absent.
- false flagA ruse, in the days of sail, in which an attacking ship would fly the colours of its enemy until close enough to open fire.
- false negativeA result of a test that shows as absent something that is present.
- false startThe act of an athlete starting a race before being signaled to do so.
- False information
- false alarmsplural of false alarm: A warning signal (such as the call of sentry, the ringing of a bell, or the shriek of a siren) which turns out to have been given erroneously.
- false daisyA plant of the species Eclipta prostrata (syn. Eclipta alba), the most common species of eclipta.
- False statements
- false advertisingThe act of publishing, transmitting, distributing, or otherwise publicly circulating an advertisement containing a false claim, or statement, made intentionally (or recklessly) to promote the sale of property, goods, or services.
- False statement
- false economyAn attempt to economize that fails because the less expensive approach is inferior in some way, or ultimately wastes more money than was saved.
- false lightA point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact.
- false teethDentures.
- false witnessA perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness.
- false bottomAn internal partition in a container, typically at the bottom, enabling the concealment of objects from a cursory examination of the item's contents.
- true-falseAllowing only the answers "true" or "false".
- false trevallyA fish of the species Lactarius lactarius.
- false vacuumA (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.
- false dawnA thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.
- False BayA body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the extreme southwest of South Africa.
- false doorA recessed carving on an Ancient Egyptian tomb wall representing a palace façade with a door at its center, intended to serve as a threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead, and in front of which offerings were placed.
Compound words 34
- falselyIn a false manner.
- falsehoodThe property of being false.
- falsifyTo alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
- falsitySomething that is false; an untrue assertion.
- falseworkA temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
- falseheartWood that gives an erroneous impression of being heartwood.
- falsenTo make false; falsify
- falsyEvaluating to false in a Boolean context.
- nonfalseNot false; true.
- falsefaceA mask covering the face.