Qualities
Synonyms for false
Synonyms for false: sour, untrue, assumed and fake. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for false
Interchangeable with false, one per sense
Audited under false's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one false carries in that sense.
- souradjective, in the sense "inaccurate in pitch"
- untrueadjective, in the sense "not dependable in devotion or affection"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name false as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from false's own entries in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
inaccurate in pitch
The trumpet hit a false note during the solo.
The true synonym
sour
Same sentence, swapped: The trumpet hit a sour note during the solo.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where false stands in the sentence above.
- mistaken
- fake
- wide
not dependable in devotion or affection
A false friend.
The true synonym
untrue
Same sentence, swapped: A untrue friend.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- sharp
- fantastic
- sour
Where false turns up in the game
false is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where false is the trap
- wideadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is full, in the sense "having ample fabric", and false is on the board beside it.
- sharpadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is keen, in the sense "having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions", with false sitting one tile away.
- wideadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is spacious, in the sense "very large in expanse or scope", and false is on the board beside it.
Play false
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so false reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The same bank, read from both sides
false is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.