Synonyms for apocryphal
əˈpɒk rə fəlapoc·ryphal

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1. apocryphal

   Synonyms:
   baseless, counterfeit, disputed, exploded, fabulous, false, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized

   Antonyms:
   accepted, accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, certain, current, genuine, legitimate, original, real, received, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, veritable

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1. apocryphal

   Synonyms:
   obscure, doubtful, unauthorized, unauthentic, spurious, legendary, uncertain, unauthenticated, unverified

   Antonyms:
   palpable, accepted, authorized, authentic, genuine, current, undisputed, verified, attested

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1. apocryphaladjective

   being of questionable authenticity

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

2. Apocryphaladjective

   of or belonging to the Apocrypha

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

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1. fake

   one, among several, reason for an inability to verify the authenticity of a claim, an assertion or a statement (apocryphal) could be because the said claim, assertion or statement could be untrue (fake).

   the assertion that the loch ness monster is the result of a horrible accident in an ancient secret and extinct gene manipulation laboratory is fake.

   Submitted by saty_s on September 24, 2019  

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1. apocryphaladjective

   Synonyms:
   unauthentic, legendary, uncanonical, of doubtful authority

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1. Gavin Naylor:

   Many people have never seen these animals, they have got this apocryphal mysterious kind reputation. They were believed – at least one species, the Ganges River shark – was believed to bite bathers in the Ganges River. But nobody ever saw them. It was a wonderful, frightening thing that some sort of monster grabs you but nobody knows what it is.