falsify
Alter the records
To falsify is to make something false—altering records, forging documents, or misrepresenting facts: The accountant falsified the financial statements.
The word implies deliberate deception rather than honest error.
Falsify can also mean to prove something wrong: New evidence falsified the hypothesis.
This second sense appears mainly in scientific and philosophical contexts.
Fraudulent imitation
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- fakeNot the real thing
- fabricateInvent or manufacture
- doctorLicensed medical healer
tamper · alter · forgery · phony · bogus · spurious · fraudulent · knockoff
Twist from original form
- misrepresentDepict inaccurately or falsely
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- misstateExpress incorrectly
- misreportRelay information inaccurately
embellish · exaggerate · slant · spin · skew · warp · garble · pervert
Invent or manufacture
- inventCreate something new
- concoctInvent or devise
- manufactureMake goods industrially
- contriveCreate through artifice
devise · cook-up · make-up · hatch · construct · compose · formulate · create
counterfeit
Fraudulent imitation
doctor · tamper · alter · forgery · phony · bogus · spurious · fraudulent · knockoff · pirated
distort
Twist from original form
- misrepresentDepict inaccurately or falsely
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- misstateExpress incorrectly
misreport · embellish · exaggerate · slant · spin · skew · warp · garble · pervert · color
fabricate
Invent or manufacture
- inventCreate something new
- concoctInvent or devise
- manufactureMake goods industrially
contrive · devise · cook-up · make-up · hatch · construct · compose · formulate · create · spin
deceive
Cause false belief
hoodwink · swindle · con · trick · delude · beguile · bamboozle · cheat · gull · hoax
disprove
Prove something untrue
- refuteProve something untrue
- debunkExpose as false
- contradictDispute a statement
rebut · discredit · invalidate · negate · confute · belie · undermine · expose · challenge · controvert
- Misrepresentationmisrepresent, distort, misquote, misstate, twist
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- inventinvent, devise, create, conceive, come up with
- pretendingpretend, pretending, fake, feign, make-believe
falsifyverify
Confirm accuracy or truth
confirm · authenticate · validate · prove · substantiate
falsifyauthenticate
Confirm as genuine
certify · validate · legitimize · verify · correct
- falsified recordsDeliberately altered official documents
falsity, falsified, falsification, falsifying, falsifies, falsifier, falsifiability, falsifiers, falsifiable