untrue
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untrue
- /ʌnˈtɹuː/
Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.
adjective more untrue · most untrue · untrew
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False; not true.
She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.
Similar: false, inaccurate, incorrect, unveridical, wrong · Opposite: true
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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
Similar: false, perfidious, unfaithful, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted, doublehearted · Opposite: faithful
Similar: bastard, counterfactual, erroneous, fallacious, false, off, counterfeit, fictitious, inaccurate, incorrect, invented, made up, nonfactual, nontrue, nontruthful, pseudo-, spurious, untrue, untruthful, unveracious, unveridical, wrong · Opposite: accurate, correct, factual, right, true, truthful, veracious, veridical
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: uneven, false, unfaithful, wrong, inconstant, unrealistic, unsubstantiated, unfounded, groundless, ill-founded, baseless, invalid, inappropriate, correct, faithless, improper
adjective
Similar: bastard, counterfactual, erroneous, fallacious, false, off, counterfeit, fictitious, inaccurate, incorrect, invented, made up, nonfactual, nontrue, nontruthful, pseudo-, spurious, untrue, untruthful, unveracious, unveridical, wrong · Opposite: accurate, correct, factual, right, true, truthful, veracious, veridical
Translations
Talk about this word "untrue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/untrue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. untrue. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/untrue "untrue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/untrue.Cite this
@misc{untrue_2026,
title = {untrue},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/untrue},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
