specious

Adjective Satellite

• plausible but false
  • "a specious claim"
• based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

Adj

• Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
• Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
• Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
• Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
• Alternative form of speciose (“rich in species”).

Adjective

• Seemingly plausible but actually false or misleading.

Examples

• His specious argument for a bonus square was quickly debunked by the rulebook.
• This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound.

Synonyms

gilded, meretricious, spurious, fallacious, pretextual

Related Words

speciosity, speciously, speciousness, spurious

Anagrams of specious