Another word for specious
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Adjective
Containing fundamental errors in reasoning
- Not dependably strong or solid.
- Not physically or mentally healthy.
- Not true or logically valid; fallacious:
- Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine:
- Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious:
- Born to unwed parents.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of sophists.
- Apparently sound but really fallacious; specious:
- One who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or disability.
- Incapacitated by illness or injury.
- Of, relating to, or intended for invalids.
- Contradicting or disregarding the principles of logic.
- Without logic; senseless.
- Contrary to fact or truth:
- Deliberately untrue:
- Arising from mistaken ideas:
- Containing or based on a fallacy:
- Tending to mislead; deceptive:
Devoid of truth
- Not in conformity with fact or truth; incorrect or erroneous:
- Contrary to conscience, morality, or law:
- Unfair; unjust:
- Contrary to truth; not true.
- Given to falsehood; mendacious.
- Contrary to fact; false.
- Deviating from a standard; not straight, even, level, or exact.
- Disloyal; unfaithful.
- Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine:
- Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious:
- Born to unwed parents.
- Contrary to fact or truth:
- Deliberately untrue:
- Arising from mistaken ideas:
- Running contrary to the facts:
See also:
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Another word for specious
Modifier
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- Not dependably strong or solid.
- Not physically or mentally healthy.
- Not true or logically valid; fallacious:
- Containing or based on a fallacy:
- Tending to mislead; deceptive:
- Characterized by hypocrisy:
- Being a hypocrite:
- Readily seen; visible:
- Readily understood; clear or obvious:
- Appearing as such but not necessarily so; seeming:
- Possessing or displaying the qualities or characteristics that make something probable:
- Within the realm of credibility; plausible:
- Apparently appropriate or suitable:
- Based on a presumption; presumed:
- Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance:
- Presumptuous:
- Capable of being presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition:
- Likely to happen or to be true:
- Likely but uncertain; plausible.
- Of or relating to opinions and actions in ethics and morals for whose lawfulness intrinsic reasons or extrinsic authority may be adduced.
- Of or relating to casuists or casuistry.
- of or characteristic of sophists or sophistry
- clever and plausible, but unsound and tending to mislead
- using sophistry
- Attracting attention in a vulgar manner:
- Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
- Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution:
- Represented or appearing as such; ostensive:
- Tending to mislead; deceptive.
- Deceiving or tending to deceive:
- Present participle of beguile.
- A beguilement.
- That beguiles or beguile.
- Seemingly genuine or legally valid:
- Capable of being colored:
- Capable of being believed; believable or plausible:
- Considered capable of achieving a goal:
- Being of sufficient military capability to deter an attack or carry out an operation successfully:
- Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible:
- Persuasive or ingratiating, especially in an effort to deceive.
Antonyms:
Synonym Study
- Credible is used of that which is believable because it is supported by evidence, sound logic, etc. a credible account
- Plausible applies to that which at first glance appears to be true, reasonable, valid, etc. but which may or may not be so, although there is no connotation of deliberate deception a plausible argument
- Specious applies to that which is superficially reasonable, valid, etc. but is actually not so, and it connotes intention to deceive a specious excuse
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