untrue

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈtɹuː/ See IPA manual

Freq #16110

Meanings

1

adj
not true to an obligation or trust

They were untrue to their oath of membership.
2

adj
not according with the facts

Unfortunately the statement was simply untrue.
3

adj
False; not true.

She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.
4

adj
Not faithful or loyal.

Now you say you're sorry / For being so untrue / Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 adj · false; not true. false inaccurate incorrectunveridicalwrong

4 adj · not faithful or loyal. booky dastardlydislealdisloyaldouble-crossingdouble-dealingdouble-faceddouble-hearted

More bastard counterfactual erroneous fallacious fictitious inventednonfactualnontruenontruthful

Opposites

accurate correct factual right true truthful veraciousveridical

Word family

Derived forms untruism

Related forms absurd artificial fake falsehood nonsense truth

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Phrases (1)

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simply untrue
completely false or contrary to the facts

Adverb + adjective

Etymology

From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# untrue

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈtɹuː/
**Frequency rank:** 16110

## Meanings
1. not true to an obligation or trust
2. not according with the facts
3. False; not true.
4. Not faithful or loyal.

## Examples
- They were untrue to their oath of membership.
- Unfortunately the statement was simply untrue.
- She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.
- Now you say you're sorry / For being so untrue / Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river.

## Synonyms
- bastard
- counterfactual
- erroneous
- fallacious
- false
- fictitious
- inaccurate
- incorrect
- invented
- nonfactual
- nontrue
- nontruthful

## Antonyms
- accurate
- correct
- factual
- right
- true
- truthful
- veracious
- veridical

## Derived Forms
- untruism

## Related Forms
- absurd
- artificial
- fake
- falsehood
- nonsense
- truth

## Etymology
From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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