fallacious

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.