Fallacious Synonyms and Antonyms

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Containing fundamental errors in reasoning
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. specious
  2. false
  3. illogical
  4. invalid
  5. sophistic
  6. spurious
  7. unsound
Containing an error or errors
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. erroneous
  2. false
  3. fraudulent
  4. deceptive
  5. deceitful
  6. unsound
  7. misleading
  8. mistaken
  9. untrue
  10. wrong
  11. inaccurate
  12. beguiling
  13. incorrect
  14. delusive
  15. off
  16. illusive
  17. illusory
  18. inconsistent
  19. sophistical
  20. untenable
Antonyms:
  1. correct
  2. truthful
  3. real
  4. true
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Tending to lead one into error
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. deceptive
  2. delusive
  3. delusory
  4. illusive
  5. illusory
  6. misleading

Words Related to Fallacious

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Fallacious Sentence Examples

  • In no case is the evidence of the senses fallacious or mendacious; the fallacy is in the inference.

  • Yet they are forced into these classes on a wholly fallacious basis.

  • The idea that nuclear power can solve the coming energy crisis is therefore totally fallacious.

  • And skeptics then make the logically fallacious jump of concluding that the biblical record is indefensible!

  • In every case the calculation proved fallacious.

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