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Fallacious

🔄 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.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

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.