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- Dictionaryspecious/ˈspiːʃəs/
adjective
- 1. superficially plausible, but actually wrong: "a specious argument"
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Specious means having a false look of truth or genuineness, or having deceptive attraction or allure. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of specious from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Specious means seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and how to pronounce it in British and American English.
Specious definition: apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible. See examples of SPECIOUS used in a sentence.
Specious means seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false. Learn how to use this formal adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and antonyms, and hear how it sounds.
Use specious to describe an argument that seems to be good, correct, or logical, but is not so. We live on the earth, therefore the earth must be the center of the universe. This has been proven to be a specious theory of the solar system.
Specious means seeming right or true but actually wrong or false. Learn how to use this formal adjective with synonyms, pronunciation and usage notes.
Specious means plausible but false, based on pretense, or deceptively pleasing. Find out the origin, usage, and examples of specious and its synonyms, such as spurious, meretricious, and gilded.
