(South African) Of or belonging to a population grouping made up of persons of mixed racial descent or of certain other nonwhite descent, especially as distinguished during apartheid from blacks, Asians, or whites.

fallacious

Tending to mislead; deceptive:

glossy

Having a smooth, shiny, lustrous surface:

hypocritical

Being a hypocrite:

manifest

The definition of manifest is something that is clear to see or understand.

obvious

Easily perceived or understood; apparent.

ostensible

Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).

plausible

Persuasive or ingratiating, especially in an effort to deceive.

questionable

That can or should be questioned or doubted; open to doubt

showy

Attracting attention in a gaudy or flashy way

untrue

Not faithful or loyal

valid (antonym)

Well-grounded on principles or evidence; able to withstand criticism or objection, as an argument; sound

true (antonym)

The definition of true is being loyal, something that is real, factually correct, accurate or provable.

real (antonym)

Being no less than what is stated; worthy of the name:

illogical

Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning.

invalid

Invalid is defined as not correct or provable or not legally recognized.

sophistic

Sophistical.

spurious

The definition of spurious is something that is not true.

counterfactual

Running contrary to the facts:

truthless

Lacking truth, untruthful.

untruthful

Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.

wrong

Contrary to conscience, morality, or law:

correct (related)

Free from error or fault; true or accurate.

meretricious

Alluring by false, showy charms; attractive in a flashy way; tawdry

fatuous (related)

facile (related)

fanciful (related)

tendentious (related)

preposterous (related)

self-contradictory (related)

unphilosophical (related)

credible

Capable of being believed; believable or plausible:

sophistical

Of or characteristic of sophists or sophistry

casuistic

Relating to casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules).

probable

Likely or most likely to be true.

presumable

That may be presumed, or taken for granted; probable

likely

Probable

apparent

Readily understood; clear or obvious:

apparently right

seemingly just

unlikely (antonym)

Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.

incredible (antonym)

So implausible as to elicit disbelief; unbelievable:

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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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