fraudulent

1. 1.

   intended to deceive

   “deceitful advertising”

   “fallacious testimony”

   “smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice”

   “a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes”

   Synonymsdeceitfulfallacious

   Similardishonest

Questions about fraudulent

What does fraudulent mean?

fraudulent means "intended to deceive".

How many syllables are in fraudulent?

fraudulent has 3 syllables: frau-du-lent. The stress falls on "frau". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɔdʒələnt/.

What is another word for fraudulent?

Close synonyms include deceitful, fallacious. 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 fraudulent a common word?

fraudulent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.