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specious
[ spee-shuhs ]
adjective
- apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:
specious arguments.
Antonyms: genuine
- pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
Synonyms: misleading, false
Antonyms: genuine
- Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.
specious
/ ˈspiːʃəs /
adjective
- apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false
- deceptively attractive in appearance
Derived Forms
- ˈspeciousness, noun
- ˈspeciously, adverb
Other Words From
- specious·ly adverb
- specious·ness noun
- non·specious adjective
- non·specious·ly adverb
- non·specious·ness noun
- un·specious adjective
- un·specious·ly adverb
- un·specious·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of specious1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Nor do a publisher’s specious appeals to us based on bothsiderism in an existential election.
And as they did in 2020, Trump’s agents and allies are already preparing to flood the courts with specious lawsuits to stop Kamala Harris from assuming office if she wins the 2024 election.
Kevin Maher of the Times called the film "puerile, pointless and intellectually specious", noting that some audience members walked out of the Cannes Film Festival screening.
Trump recently recently made the specious claim on Truth Social that he would be "great for women and their reproductive rights."
Not because it hasn’t sprung from a sandbox, but because it’s such a facile and specious argument: Why, Trump demands, hasn’t Harris already accomplished all that she is promising on the campaign trail?
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