🔄 Synonyms of "Fallacious"
8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| deceitful | Deliberately misleading or cheating. |
| fraudulent | Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. |
| invalidnoun | Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate. |
| wrongnoun | Incorrect or untrue. |
| dishonorable | Without honor, or causing dishonor. |
| unsound | Not sound, particularly: |
| dishonest | Not honest; shoddy. |
| incorrectnoun | Not correct; erroneous or wrong. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fallacious"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| deceitful | Deliberately misleading or cheating. |
| fraudulent | Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. |
| dishonest | Not honest; shoddy. |
| incorrect | Not correct; erroneous or wrong. |
| wrong | Incorrect or untrue. |
| dishonorable | Without honor, or causing dishonor. |
| invalid | Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate. |
| unsound | Not sound, particularly: |
| specious | Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious. |
| illusory | Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal. |
| illusive | Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome. |
| misleading | Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true. |
| spurious | False, not authentic, not genuine. |
| bogus | Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. |
| paradoxical | Having self-contradictory properties. |
| fakenoun | Not real; false, fraudulent. |
| untruthful | Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying. |
| forgedverb | Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal |
| deceptive | Likely or attempting to deceive. |
| counterfeitnoun | False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. |
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