Specious

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  • adjective. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious.
  • adjective. Deceptively appealing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pleasing to the eye; externally fair or showy; appearing beautiful or charming; sightly; beautiful.
  • Superficially fair, just, or correct; appearing well; apparently right; plausible; beguiling: as, specious reasoning; a specious argument; a specious person or book.
  • Appearing actual, or in reality; actually existing; not imaginary.
  • Pertaining to species or a species.
  • Synonyms Colorable, Plausible, etc. See ostensible.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
  • adjective. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Seemingly well-reasoned or factual, but actually fallacious or insincere; strongly held but false.
  • adjective. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
  • adjective. Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
  • adjective. plausible but false
    • Word Usage
    "She is what I call a specious pig, and why she wanted to send me a Christmas card I simply can't imagine."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    sincere  
    cross-reference
    plausible  specious arithmetic  specious logistic  
    Equivalent
    false  insincere  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    facetious  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    artful  contemptible  deceitful  deceptive  delusive  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Barmecidal  Barmecide  airy  alleged  apparent  
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