What is another word for specious?
422 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ spˈiːʃəs], [ spˈiːʃəs], [ s_p_ˈiː_ʃ_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for specious:- all (adjective)
- apparent (adjective)
- artificial (adjective)
- deceptive (adjective)
- delusive (adjective)
- dishonest (adjective)
- erroneous (adjective)
- excusable (adjective)
- false (adjective)
- gilt (adjective)
- hollow (adjective)
- hypocritical (adjective)
- illogical (adjective)
- inaccurate (adjective)
- incorrect (adjective)
- inveigling (adjective)
- irrational (adjective)
- made-up (adjective)
- meaningless (adjective)
- misleading (adjective)
- ostensible (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- pharisaic (adjective)
- pretentious (adjective)
- seductive (adjective)
- seeming (adjective)
- slick (adjective)
- sophistic (adjective)
- spurious (adjective)
- unreliable (adjective)
- unsound (adjective)
- untrue (adjective)
- wrong (adjective)
- insincere (noun)
- invalid (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- plausible
Synonyms for Specious:
adj.
•all (adjective) •apparent (adjective) •artificial (adjective)- substitute,
- un-natural,
- more faked,
- more fabricated,
- sham,
- un natural,
- un real,
- un-real,
- more falsie,
- simulated,
- most falsie,
- most fabricated,
- most faked,
- mock.
- reprievable,
- Vindicable,
- Warrantable,
- remittable,
- not too bad,
- exculpatory,
- trivial,
- within limits,
- vindicatory,
- condonable.
- most caviling,
- most smooth-spoken,
- jivier,
- in sincerer,
- more caviling,
- more moralistic,
- more smooth spoken,
- jiviest,
- more smooth-spoken,
- smoothtongued,
- more feigning,
- smooth spoken,
- most moralistic,
- feigning,
- most feigning,
- most smoothspoken,
- most dissembling,
- hypo-critical,
- in sincere,
- most smooth spoken,
- smoothspoken,
- left handed,
- smooth tongued,
- in-sincerest,
- doubledealing,
- self righteous,
- more smoothspoken,
- in-sincerer,
- selfrighteous,
- more dissembling,
- pietistic,
- hypo critical,
- in-sincere,
- lefthanded,
- in sincerest.
- more self-contradictory,
- in congruous,
- meaningless,
- un-scientific,
- in consistent,
- in conclusive,
- more selfcontradictory,
- in-consistent,
- un tenable,
- most self-contradictory,
- un reasonable,
- self contradictory,
- un-proved,
- in-conclusive,
- un proved,
- in-consequent,
- irrelevant,
- un scientific,
- illogical,
- un substantial,
- most selfcontradictory,
- in-congruous,
- un-tenable,
- unproved,
- more self contradictory,
- un connected,
- selfcontradictory,
- un-reasonable,
- most self contradictory,
- off wall,
- off the wall,
- un-connected,
- in consequent,
- un-substantial.
- in-accurate,
- doesnt wash,
- un faithful,
- more imprecise,
- more wayoff,
- most way off,
- most wayoff,
- way-off,
- more way-off,
- most way-off,
- most imprecise,
- off base,
- wayoff,
- more way off,
- in accurate,
- un-faithful.
- in-correct,
- un seemly,
- un-seemliest,
- in correct,
- in appropriate,
- most unfitting,
- un seemlier,
- un-seemlier,
- un-suitable,
- more unfitting,
- un seemliest,
- un-fitting,
- un suitable,
- not trustworthy,
- wide the mark,
- wide mark,
- in-appropriate,
- un fitting.
- in sanest,
- un-stabler,
- dis-connected,
- un-thinking,
- un-stablest,
- un stabler,
- dis jointed,
- in-judicious,
- un wise,
- mindless,
- most cockamamie,
- in-sane,
- un thinking,
- more cockamamie,
- un wiser,
- in-coherent,
- in-saner,
- dis connected,
- un-wiser,
- un-wise,
- un stablest,
- un-reasoning,
- un wisest,
- dis-jointed,
- un reasoning,
- in saner,
- in judicious,
- un-wisest,
- more reasonless,
- most off-the-wall,
- loony,
- kooky,
- most off the wall,
- in sane,
- most unreasoning,
- more off the wall,
- un-stable,
- most reasonless,
- more off-the-wall,
- more unreasoning,
- un stable.
- flattering,
- presumable,
- seeming,
- credible,
- captious,
- incorrect,
- nugatory,
- probable,
- sophisticated,
- idle,
- ostentatious,
- pretentious,
- presumptive,
- beguiling,
- apparently right,
- vain,
- empty,
- likely.
- demagogic,
- excusable,
- unloyal,
- imprecise,
- Double dealing,
- hyped up,
- unsound,
- apparent,
- manmade,
- in error,
- ostensive,
- unreliable,
- Truthless,
- unbacked,
- reasonless,
- erroneous,
- artificial,
- without foundation,
- wide of mark,
- irrational,
- casuistical,
- unfitting,
- misleading,
- not following,
- cockamamie,
- without basis,
- witching,
- jivey,
- false,
- pharisaical,
- spurious,
- quasi-,
- in poor health,
- sophistic,
- in firm,
- streetwise,
- come hither,
- smooth-spoken,
- Luring,
- seductive,
- out of line,
- hypocritical,
- doesn't wash,
- off-the-wall,
- wrong,
- gilt,
- Semblant,
- unreasoning,
- made-up,
- ostensible,
- self-contradictory,
- Colorable,
- moralistic,
- dextrous.
- comehither,
- pro vocative,
- more captivating,
- more attracting,
- be witching,
- most drawing,
- most siren,
- pro-vocative,
- more drawing,
- be-witching,
- most captivating,
- more siren,
- most attracting,
- flirtatious.
- in-constant,
- un-reliable,
- un sure,
- un-dependable,
- un-trustworthy,
- un convincing,
- dis-reputable,
- un-convincing,
- fly by night,
- dis reputable,
- un dependable,
- un-sure,
- un reliable.
- in-firmest,
- un healthiest,
- de-ranged,
- un-soundest,
- un steadiest,
- in secure,
- un healthier,
- un sound,
- un-steadiest,
- in substantial,
- un-balanced,
- un-healthy,
- un hinged,
- un sounder,
- in firmer,
- dis-eased,
- un steady,
- not solid,
- in-secure,
- un healthy,
- in-firmer,
- in-substantial,
- un steadier,
- most unbacked,
- un-sounder,
- in firmest,
- in-securer,
- in securest,
- un-safer,
- un safe,
- un backed,
- un-backed,
- de ranged,
- un-sound,
- un-steadier,
- un-healthiest,
- dis eased,
- un safest,
- un soundest,
- un-hinged,
- un-safe,
- un-safest,
- in-securest,
- un safer,
- more unbacked,
- in securer.
n.
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- apparently,
- unfounded,
- doubtful,
- unsubstantiated,
- seemingly,
- supposed,
- allegedly,
- speculative,
- anecdotal.
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- untrue.
Other synonyms:
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- untruthful.
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- fallacious.
Paraphrases for Specious:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
fallacious, misleading, deceptive.
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Other Related
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Adjective
paradoxical, deceitful, confusing.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Specious:
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Other antonyms:
plain, straight, openhearted, open, foursquare, candid, straightforward, aboveboard, forthright, direct, elucidative, sincere, outspoken, revealing, clarifying, explanatory, trustworthy, free-spoken, plainspoken, frank, revelatory, illuminating.
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Homophones for Specious:
- seepage, shoebox, spice cake, scopes, spik, sfax, spica, sops, spacey, specs, show biz, sheepish, spice, spoke, scabious, safe sex, sepsis, spice cookie, subaqueous, suffuse, spook, suffix, scaphiopus, speke, sebaceous, spassky, savage, speech, suppuku, scabies, showpiece, spooky, soapfish, sea-puss, sausage pizza, sow bug, squaw-bush, squawbush, succubus, sabicu, six-pack, sawfish, sick bag, spec, sheep fescue, spiky, species, skivvies, sapsago, speak, scapose, scabiosa, speck, sickbag, sixpack, sapphic, six pack, spock, scyphozoa, schizophyceae, squawk box, suspicious, spicy, sawbuck, subfusc, shavous, squeeze box, soubise, soapbox, swbs, suffice, skipjack, seabag, squash bug, swayback, spike, sea-poose, safaqis, spacious, subbase, scyphus, sebs, sea puss, skybox, spick, sphecius, spic, speakeasy, safe house, specie, sisyphus, spacy, space age, space, sea bass, suppose, skopje, spouse.