Spurious

//ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs//

Synonyms for "spurious" (105 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (21)

Adjective(3 words)
badboguscounterfeit
Adjective(1 words)
bastardly

Strong matches (32)

Adjective(2 words)
fakefalse
Adjective(1 words)
inauthentic

Related words (52)

Adjective(3 words)
mendaciousnamelessuntrue

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

8 entries

related to

5 entries

similar

7 entries

Translations

86 translations across 28 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • vals adj (false)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • νόθος adj (false)
  • νόθος adj (illegitimate)
  • πλαστός adj (false)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • незаконнороден adj (illegitimate)
  • фалши́в adj (false)

Catalan

4 entries
  • bastard adj (illegitimate)
  • espuri adj (false)
  • espuri adj (illegitimate)
  • fals adj (false)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 偽造的 /伪造的 adj (false)
  • 虛假的 /虚假的 adj (false)

Danish

3 entries
  • falsk adj (false)
  • usand adj (false)
  • uægte adj (false)

Dutch

2 entries
  • onwettelijk adj (illegitimate)
  • vals adj (false)

Estonian

1 entries
  • võlts adj (false)

Finnish

3 entries
  • epäaito adj (false)
  • väärennetty adj (false)
  • väärä adj (false)

French

2 entries
  • faux adj (false)
  • trompeur adj (false)

German

4 entries
  • beiläufig adj (extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted)
  • falsch adj (false)
  • gefälscht adj (false)
  • herumirrend adj (extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted)

Greek

3 entries
  • κίβδηλος adj (false)
  • νόθος adj (illegitimate)
  • πλαστός adj (false)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मिथ्या adj (false)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hamis adj (false)
  • kósza adj (extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • fals adj (false)
  • falsaður adj (false)
  • falskur adj (false)
  • tál adj (false)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • palsu adj (false)
  • tiruan adj (false)

Japanese

2 entries
  • にせ物の adj (false)
  • 疑似の adj (false)

Korean

3 entries
  • 거짓의 adj (false)
  • 속임수의 adj (false)
  • 위조된 adj (false)

Latin

1 entries
  • reprobus adj (false)

Māori

4 entries
  • (hori)hori adj (false)
  • meho adj (false)
  • parau adj (false)
  • rūkahu adj (false)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • falsk adj (false)
  • uekte adj (false)

Persian

1 entries
  • مجعول adj (false)

Polish

4 entries
  • fałszywy adj (false)
  • nieautentyczny adj (false)
  • nieistotny adj (extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted)
  • nieprawdziwy adj (false)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • espúrio adj (false)
  • espúrio adj (illegitimate)

Russian

4 entries
  • внебра́чный adj (illegitimate)
  • ло́жный adj (false)
  • незаконноро́жденный adj (illegitimate)
  • подде́льный adj (false)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • meallta adj (false)
  • mealltach adj (false)

Spanish

4 entries
  • espurio adj (false)
  • espurio adj (illegitimate)
  • falso adj (false)
  • ilegítimo adj (illegitimate)

Swedish

4 entries
  • falsk adj (false)
  • förfalskad adj (false)
  • oäkta adj (false)
  • oäkta adj (illegitimate)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory.

Source: tatoeba (866225)

The argument that the platform exists only to promote written language seems spurious.

Source: tatoeba (9499078)

The addition, from whatever source it was obtained, does not appear to me to be at all apposite, and therefore I conceive it to be spurious.

Source: tatoeba (9969707)

His books were filled with spurious arguments.

Source: tatoeba (10750499)

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