fallacious

1. 1.

   containing or based on a fallacy

   “fallacious reasoning”

   “an unsound argument”

   Synonymsunsound

   Similarinvalid
2. 2.

   intended to deceive

   “deceitful advertising”

   “fallacious testimony”

   “smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice”

   “a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes”

   Synonymsdeceitfulfraudulent

   Similardishonest
3. 3.

   based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information

   “fallacious hope”

   Similarincorrect

Questions about fallacious

What does fallacious mean?

fallacious means "containing or based on a fallacy". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fallacious?

fallacious has 3 syllables: fal-la-cious. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /fəˈleɪʃəs/.

What is another word for fallacious?

Close synonyms include unsound, deceitful, fraudulent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fallacious a common word?

fallacious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fallacious?

1 word rhymes with fallacious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.