falsifying
Making records untrue
Falsifying is altering something to make it untrue or misleading.
You falsify documents by forging signatures or changing figures.
You falsify records by entering incorrect data.
In science, falsifying a hypothesis means proving it wrong through evidence or experiment—a different and neutral sense: The results falsified our initial theory.
Interfere harmfully
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- distortTwist from original form
- alterMake a modification
corrupt · plant · fabricate · contaminate · misrepresent · taint · twist · obstruction
Deliberate falsehood
- deceiveCause false belief
- misleadCause false belief
- misrepresentDepict inaccurately or falsely
- prevaricateSpeak misleadingly to deceive
dissemble · fabricate · feign · disingenuous · duplicitous · dishonesty · untruthful · subterfuge
Creating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fakeNot the real thing
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
fabricated · doctored · altered · tampered · spurious · bogus · phony · sham
Control through clever influence
- fabricateInvent or manufacture
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- fudgeCreamy cooked confection
- cookHeat food for eating
skew · distort · misrepresent · cherry-pick · forge · invent · concoct · fraudulent
tamper
Interfere harmfully
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- distortTwist from original form
alter · corrupt · plant · fabricate · contaminate · misrepresent · taint · twist · obstruction · perjury
lie
Deliberate falsehood
- deceiveCause false belief
- misleadCause false belief
- misrepresentDepict inaccurately or falsely
prevaricate · dissemble · fabricate · feign · disingenuous · duplicitous · dishonesty · untruthful · subterfuge · chicanery
forgery
Creating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fakeNot the real thing
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
forged · fabricated · doctored · altered · tampered · spurious · bogus · phony · sham · replica
manipulate
Control through clever influence
cook · skew · distort · misrepresent · cherry-pick · forge · invent · concoct · fraudulent · data manipulation
refute
Prove something untrue
- debunkExpose as false
- contradictDispute a statement
- invalidateMake null or void
disprove · discredit · rebut · negate · undermine · counter · challenge · expose · demolish · overturn
falsifyingcorrecting
Making accurate again
rectifying · fixing · amending · right · emending
falsifyingauthenticating
Confirming something is genuine
verifying · validating · certifying · confirming · attesting
falsifyingcorrecting
Making accurate again
verifying · confirming · proving · validating · rectifying
false, falsehood, fallacy, fallacious, falsify, falsity, falseness, falsified, falsification