1
[ adjective ] intended to deceive

Synonyms

fraudulent deceitful

Examples

"deceitful advertising" "fallacious testimony" "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

Related terms

dishonest

2
[ adjective ] containing or based on a fallacy

Synonyms

unsound

Examples

"fallacious reasoning" "an unsound argument"

Related terms

invalid

3
[ adjective ] based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information

Examples

"fallacious hope"

Related terms

incorrect

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Rhymes with

salacious efficacious capacious vivacious sebaceous tenacious malicious ostentatious audacious facetious voracious ceraceous herbaceous expeditious propitious repetitious spacious vexatious gracious ignatius flirtatious predaceous rambunctious loquacious suspicious surreptitious semiprecious capricious atrocious infectious injudicious factitious fractious delicious contentious auspicious ambitious cautious ferocious anxious obnoxious subconscious specious unconscious precious nauseous vicious confucius anxious noxious semiprecious conscious semiprecious seditious fictitious conscientious precocious pretentious unpretentious tendentious overambitious judicious nutritious pernicious precocious superstitious

Phonetic and Homophones

F AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 S

Similar Spelling

Falgoust

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