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Synonyms for spurious
ˈspyʊər i əsspu·ri·ous
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Wiktionary
spuriousadjective
false, not authentic, not genuine
Synonyms:
false, bogus, fake, counterfeitAntonyms:
genuine, representativespuriousadjective
bastardly, illegitimate
Synonyms:
counterfeit, fake, bogus, false
English Synonyms and Antonyms
spurious
Synonyms:
apocryphal, baseless, counterfeit, disputed, exploded, fabulous, false, fictitious, unauthorizedAntonyms:
accepted, accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, certain, current, genuine, legitimate, original, real, received, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, veritable
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
spurious
Synonyms:
counterfeit, false, not genuine, unauthentic, forged, adulterate, ungenuine, bastard, supposititious, groundless, ascititiousAntonyms:
true, genuine, veritable, unadulterated, legitimate, authentic
Princeton's WordNet
specious, spuriousadjective
plausible but false
"a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
Synonyms:
gilded, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, meretricious, specious, inauthentic, unauthenticAntonyms:
echt, genuine, true, legitimatebastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spuriousadjective
born out of wedlock
"the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
Synonyms:
bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, mean, specious, inauthentic, unauthenticAntonyms:
genuine, true, legitimate, echtinauthentic, unauthentic, spuriousadjective
intended to deceive
"a spurious work of art"
Synonyms:
specious, misbegot, bastardly, misbegotten, unauthentic, inauthenticAntonyms:
legitimate, echt, genuine, true
Dictionary of English Synonymes
spuriousadjective
Synonyms:
illegitimate, bastardspuriousadjective
Synonyms:
counterfeit, supposititious, meretricious, deceitful, sham, false, mock, pretended, feigned, clap-trap, fictitious, unauthentic, make-believe, not genuine
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
spuriousadjective
Synonyms:
counterfeit, sham, false, mock, adulterine, unauthentic
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "spurious":
false, fallacious, illegitimate, bogus, fake, non-pivotal, counterfeit
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1008 | mean | |
#2392 | false | |
#6134 | fake | |
#7915 | fabulous | |
#9015 | unauthorized | |
#15342 | bastard | |
#15510 | forged | |
#17797 | disputed | |
#18068 | bogus | |
#19489 | exploded | |
#25316 | counterfeit | |
#27219 | fictitious | |
#28336 | spurious | |
#34558 | illegitimate | |
#34679 | gilded | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#71862 | specious | |
#74880 | fallacious | |
#78142 | apocryphal | |
#84338 | groundless | |
#120347 | bastardly | |
#164334 | misbegotten | |
#172930 | inauthentic | |
#209600 | meretricious | |
#251151 | adulterate |
How to use spurious in a sentence?
Having stonewalled Congress’ demands for information for nearly a year, it’s no surprise to see the FBI and DOJ issue spurious objections to allowing the American people to see information related to surveillance abuses at these agencies.
I think what Sean Spicer and the President wanted was to take this spurious claim and try to bury it in a closed hearing in the intelligence committee. We're not going to allow that to happen. We're going to air this very publicly.
Use of excessive pesticides has been a cause for concern for quite some time, now if they turn out to be spurious it's a cause for even greater worry.
I’m not responding to these bulls--t claims but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for 4 months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic, lionsgate is supporting me in this and I’m grateful to them for that.
This official report directly contradicts the President's false assertion that he attacked Iran to prevent an imminent attack against the United States, this spurious, after-the-fact explanation won't do.
Translations for spurious
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- valsAfrikaans
- زائفArabic
- фалшивBulgarian
- bastard, fals, espuriCatalan, Valencian
- unechtGerman
- espurio, falso, mentiraSpanish
- võltsEstonian
- väärä, väärennettyFinnish
- fauxFrench
- mealltach, mealltaScottish Gaelic
- जालीHindi
- hamisHungarian
- palsu, tiruIndonesian
- tál-, óskilgetinn, falskur, fals-, óekta, falsaðurIcelandic
- spuriaItalian
- にせ物, 疑似Japanese
- 위조, 거짓, 속임수Korean
- valsDutch
- uekte, falskNorwegian
- fałszywy, nieautentyczny, podrobiony, nieprawdziwyPolish
- espúrioPortuguese
- фальшивый, незаконнорожденный, ложный, поддельный, внебрачныйRussian
- falsk, förfalskad, oäktaSwedish
- หลอกลวงThai
- sahteTurkish
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