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- Word comparison: specious vs. spurious
specious vs. spurious
adjective
- apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:
specious arguments.
Antonyms:
- pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.
adjective
- not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- Biology. (of two or more parts, plants, etc.) having a similar appearance but a different structure.
- of illegitimate birth; bastard.