sophistical

1. 1.

   plausible but misleading

   Synonymssophistic

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Questions about sophistical

What does sophistical mean?

sophistical means "plausible but misleading".

How many syllables are in sophistical?

sophistical has 4 syllables: so-phi-sti-cal. The stress falls on "phi".

What is another word for sophistical?

Close synonyms include sophistic. 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 sophistical a common word?

sophistical 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.