specious
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
plausible but false
a specious claim
Related & opposite
- meretriciousness derivation
- spuriousness derivation
- false similar to
Sense 2 adjective
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
Related & opposite
- meretriciousness derivation
- insincere similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | meretriciousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spuriousness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | false |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meretriciousness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | insincere |