fallacious

The word “fallacious” has 3 syllables: fal-la-cious

It's pronounced as /fəˈleɪʃəs/


What is synonym and antonym for fallacious?

In the thesaurus, “fallacious” has 9 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fallacious along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fallacious

Antonyms for fallacious

Meanings of fallacious

  • adjective
    1. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
    2. Deceptive or misleading.

Example Sentences

  • Fallacious arguments often rely on misleading information to deceive the audience.
  • Despite its apparent logic, the conclusion drawn from such evidence is fallacious.
  • She exposed the fallacious reasoning behind the conspiracy theory with clear evidence and critical thinking.
  • The advertisement's claim about the product's effectiveness was ultimately proven to be fallacious.
  • It's crucial to critically evaluate information to avoid being misled by fallacious claims.

On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fallacious, such as: aboveboard, candid, deceptive, direct, explanatory, false, forthright.

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daffy

daft

fabricated

  • a bit thick
  • abstract
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  • daydreamed
  • deceived
  • deceptive
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  • dissembled
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  • established
  • exalted
  • excessive
  • excogitated
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  • fabled
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  • factitious
  • faked
  • fallacious
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  • libeled
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  • magnified
  • make believe
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  • man-made
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  • mechanical
  • melodramatic
  • mendacious
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  • nonnatural
  • not genuine
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  • overblown
  • overdone
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  • paltered
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  • put together
  • put up
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  • romanticized
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  • steep
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  • uncalled-for
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  • unsubstantiated
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  • visioned
  • visualized
  • without basis
  • without foundation

fallacy

Kafkaesque

  • absurd
  • asinine
  • baroque
  • byzantine
  • challenging
  • complex
  • complicate
  • complicated
  • composite
  • compound
  • convoluted
  • daedal
  • difficult
  • disordered
  • disorganized
  • elaborate
  • eristic
  • eristical
  • fallacious
  • foolish
  • half-baked
  • heterogeneous
  • ill-advised
  • illegitimate
  • illogical
  • impenetrable
  • incomprehensible
  • inconsequent
  • inconsequential
  • inconsistent
  • inexplicable
  • insane
  • intricate
  • invalid
  • involute
  • involved
  • irrational
  • knotty
  • labyrinthian
  • labyrinthine
  • mad
  • meaningless
  • misguided
  • misleading
  • mixed
  • multibranched
  • multifaceted
  • multifarious
  • multipart
  • nonrational
  • nonsensical
  • nutty
  • odd
  • overcomplex
  • overcomplicated
  • peculiar
  • preposterous
  • rambling
  • random
  • reasonless
  • senseless
  • silly
  • sophistic
  • sophistical
  • sophisticated
  • specious
  • strange
  • surreal
  • tangled
  • tough
  • unconsidered
  • unconvincing
  • unfathomable
  • unintelligible
  • unreasonable
  • unreasoned
  • unreasoning
  • unsound
  • unusual
  • varied
  • wacky
  • weak
  • weird
  • whacky

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