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)
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. - SAVELY
Safely. Chaucer. - LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - FAMILIARLY
In a familiar manner. - STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - LAUGHINGLY
With laughter or merriment. - POLYPHYLLOUS
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. - SCOLYTID
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. - 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. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. - WHIP-TOM-KELLY
A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo. - STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
See ETC - SUNDRILY
In sundry ways; variously. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - 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. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner. - DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - MAGNIFICENTLY
In a Magnificent manner. - PRECIPITATELY
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.