What is another word for fallacious?
Synonyms for fallacious
fəˈleɪ ʃəs
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Princeton's WordNet
fallacious, unsound(adj)
containing or based on a fallacy
"fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"
Synonyms:
mentally ill, bad, deceitful, unfit, fraudulent, unstable, unsounddeceitful, fallacious, fraudulent(adj)
intended to deceive
"deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
Synonyms:
double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, ambidextrous, duplicitous, unsoundfallacious(adj)
based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
"fallacious hope"
Synonyms:
unsound, deceitful, fraudulent
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fallacious(a.)
Synonyms:
deceptive, delusive, deceiving, illusive, illusory, misleading, disappointing, false
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fallacious(a)
Synonyms:
sophistical, misleading, illusive, untenable, inconsistent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "fallacious":
specious, misleading, spurious, untruthful, false, imaginary, deceptive
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #841 | bad | |
| #2392 | false | |
| #10488 | unstable | |
| #12256 | misleading | |
| #15352 | fraudulent | |
| #15937 | imaginary | |
| #24641 | deceptive | |
| #28336 | spurious | |
| #29642 | unfit | |
| #53805 | unsound | |
| #55524 | deceitful | |
| #71862 | specious | |
| #74880 | fallacious | |
| #83587 | ambidextrous | |
| #118197 | duplicitous | |
| #123607 | untruthful |
How to use fallacious in a sentence?
Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.
The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.
Do not always trust the spoken word because lies are easy when one cannot verify with facts; but the eyes can instantly nullify a thousand fallacious spoken words.
Translations for fallacious
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- неверен, лъжлив, измамен, погрешенBulgarian
- trügerisch, irreführendGerman
- erróneoSpanish
- غلطPersian
- erheellinen, virheellinen, pettävä, erehdyttävä, harhaanjohtava, paikkansapitämätönFinnish
- fallacieuxFrench
- ग़लतHindi
- жаңылыштык, катаKyrgyz
- bedrieglijkDutch
- erróneo, falaciosoPortuguese
- ложный, обманчивый, ошибочныйRussian
- felaktigSwedish
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