English verb: falsify | |||
1. | falsify (communication) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | ||
Synonyms | distort, garble, warp | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | belie, misrepresent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mangle, murder, mutilate | ||
2. | falsify (social) tamper, with the purpose of deception | ||
Samples | Fudge the figures. Cook the books. Falsify the data. | ||
Synonyms | cook, fake, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cheat, chisel | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | juggle | ||
3. | falsify (cognition) prove false | ||
Samples | Falsify a claim. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | confute, disprove | ||
4. | falsify (change) falsify knowingly | ||
Samples | She falsified the records. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change by reversal, reverse, turn | ||
Antonyms | correct, right, rectify | ||
5. | falsify (change) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | ||
Synonyms | alter, interpolate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | edit, redact | ||