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Synonyms for specious
ˈspi ʃəsspe·cious
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Wiktionary
speciousadjective
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
Synonyms:
meretriciousspeciousadjective
Synonyms:
insincere, fallacious
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
specious
Synonyms:
plausible, showy, ostensible, colorable, fair-spokenAntonyms:
inadmissible, self-contradictory, absurd, unreasonable
Princeton's WordNet
specious, spuriousadjective
plausible but false
"a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
Synonyms:
gilded, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, meretricious, spurious, inauthentic, unauthenticgilded, meretricious, speciousadjective
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
Synonyms:
tawdry, flashy, garish, gilded, luxurious, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, aureate, trashy, golden, flash, spurious, sumptuous, loud, brassy, cheap, princely, gold, grand, deluxe, tatty, gaudy, gilt, opulent
Dictionary of English Synonymes
speciousadjective
Synonyms:
fair (apparently, but not really), plausible, colorable, ostensible
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#6888 | loud | |
#11632 | luxurious | |
#12256 | misleading | |
#19356 | plausible | |
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#24162 | gilt | |
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#28336 | spurious | |
#33469 | flashy | |
#33733 | sumptuous | |
#34679 | gilded | |
#38672 | tacky | |
#43073 | paradoxical | |
#49183 | opulent | |
#53694 | showy | |
#59182 | gaudy | |
#60050 | princely | |
#71862 | specious | |
#74880 | fallacious | |
#76482 | insincere | |
#79242 | garish | |
#85672 | tatty | |
#87373 | ostensible | |
#96968 | brassy | |
#100861 | tawdry | |
#120347 | bastardly | |
#133806 | colorable | |
#164334 | misbegotten | |
#172930 | inauthentic | |
#209600 | meretricious | |
#216212 | aureate |
How to use specious in a sentence?
This is a specious attempt to smear an organization that has done nothing other than insist on fair debates where facts and the truth are respected.
Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true motives of their hearts in the specious cloak of sociableness, and their concern for the public good, they are in hopes of concealing their filthy appetites and the deformity of their desires.
The company continues to believe that these claims are specious and lack scientific merit, however, as the bankruptcy court recognized, resolving these cases in the tort system would take decades and impose significant costs on LTL and the system.
The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
The timing of this charge, on the eve of Tish James ' announcing Tish James ' run for Governor, is highly suspect and should give all of us pause that the heavy hand of politics is behind this decision, we expect clear-headed people will make better decisions going forward, but should this case move forward we are prepared to vigorously defend the Governor and challenge every aspect of the specious, inconsistent and uncorroborated allegations made against him.
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