Synonyms for fallacious
- adjective
Most common
deceptive deceitful specious mendacious incorrect untrue sophistical
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Mendacious — deceptive or misleading
mendacious, false, specious, deceptive, deceitful, misleading, delusive, illusory, fraudulent, illusive, misdirective, dishonest, treacherous
2. Incorrect — characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken
3. Unsound
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
- adj. 2
Deceptive or misleading.
Related words
Example sentences
- deceptive And, as you know, appearances are often deceptive.
- deceitful I learned the hard way that silence can be deceitful.
- specious Tom's arguments are entirely specious.
- mendacious My wife is mendacious for dating another man behind my back.
- incorrect This book is now considered politically incorrect.
- untrue The main thing is to not be untrue to yourself.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fallacious | falling | |
| deceptive | steady | |
| deceitful | rising | |
| specious | falling | |
| mendacious | rising | |
| incorrect | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- wrong1, false1, amiss2
- 6 letters
- untrue2
- 7 letters
- invalid3, unsound2
- 8 letters
- illusory4, specious2, illusive3, delusive
- 9 letters
- incorrect3, dishonest3, deceptive3, erroneous4, illogical4, deceitful3
- 10 letters
- misleading3, fraudulent3, inaccurate4, mendacious3
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, sophistical
- 12 letters
- inconsistent4, misdirective
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amiss2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fallacieux
- Italiano
- fallace
- Español
- falaz
- Deutsch
- trügerisch
- Català
- fal·laç