Word Meanings - UNTRUE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue. 2. Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. Chaucer.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of UNTRUE)

• Amiss
• Wrong
• untrue
• wide
• bad
• false
• defective
• short
• inappropriate
• inopportune
• injudicious
• untimely
• abortive
• Untrue
• erroneous
• fallacious
• sophistical
• spurious
• deceptive
• fabrication
• counterfeit
• mendacious
• sham
• mock
• bogus
• unfaithful
• fib
• falsity
• fiction
• dishonorable
• faithless
• Lying
• Mendacious
• untruthful

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of UNTRUE)

• Expose
• unmask
• detect

Related words: (words related to UNTRUE)

• LYRE BIRD
  Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales,
• LYSIMETER
  An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
• DETECTOR BAR
  A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train , laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch.
• LYCOPODE
  See LYCOPODIUM
• LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
  See LITHONTRIPTIC
• FALSENESS
  The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
• LYONNAISE
  Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
• LYMPH
  An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• LYSSA
  Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.
• DETECT
  1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account. Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke.
• SHORT-WITED
  Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
• LYNCH LAW
  . The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin
• INOPPORTUNELY
  Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.
• LYCINE
  A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine.
• LYING
  of Lie, to be supported horizontally. Lying panel , a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. -- Lying to , having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.
• LYAM
  A leash.
• FALSE-FACED
  Hypocritical. Shak.
• WRONGOUS
  Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
• LYRIFEROUS
  Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.
• LIVINGLY
  In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• SAVELY
  Safely. Chaucer.
• FAMILIARLY
  In a familiar manner.
• POLYCHROITE
  The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
• SCOLYTID
  Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
• LAUGHINGLY
  With laughter or merriment.
• POLYPHYLLOUS
  Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
• WHIP-TOM-KELLY
  A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
  See ETC
• SUNDRILY
  In sundry ways; variously.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• PRECIPITATELY
  In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.
• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• THERMALLY
  In a thermal manner.
• IMPISHLY
  In the manner of an imp.
• POLYPODIUM
  A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.