FALSIFY Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

falsify

verb

ˈfȯl-sə-ˌfī

Definition of falsify

as in to misrepresent

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not

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as in to refute

to prove to be false telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night

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Recent Examples of falsify Munagay admitted to the assault and pleaded guilty this January to falsifying records about it. — Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026 The detective is accused of falsifying hours while working an off-duty security detail at a Target store. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Perhaps that last claim feels overblown, but movies indisputably falsify reality, presenting a world that seems hypervivid for a few hours but vanishes when the lights come up. — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 Yet under the Third Circuit’s rule, a taxpayer may remain vulnerable long after records have disappeared and witnesses are unavailable, if a preparer intentionally falsified a return. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for falsify

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The student still needs enough subject knowledge to tell a sound argument from a merely plausible one, to notice a missing source, or to recognize that a polished chart misrepresents its data.

— Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
We have been studied, tracked, misrepresented, and monetized by tools built without us and aimed at us.

— Daphne Bryson Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

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Vorbe, his family and lawyers vehemently refute the accusation.

— Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Fauci’s decision to shield himself by staying silent gave Republicans free rein to attack him and his response to the COVID-19 pandemic without anyone to refute their statements.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 29 July 2026

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