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sophistic

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variants: or sophistical

Synonyms & Antonyms of sophistic

as in misleading, specious

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sophistic

eristic
(also eristical),
misleading,
specious

fallacious,
illegitimate,
illogical,
inconsequent,
inconsequential,
invalid,
irrational,
nonrational,
unreasonable,
unreasoning,
unsound,
weak

half-baked,
ill-advised,
misguided,
unconsidered,
unreasoned

inconsistent

absurd,
asinine,
foolish,
meaningless,
nonsensical,
preposterous,
reasonless,
senseless,
silly

Kafkaesque,
odd,
peculiar,
strange,
surreal,
unusual,
weird

insane,
mad,
nutty,
wacky
(also whacky)

disordered,
disorganized,
rambling,
random

unconvincing

inexplicable,
unaccountable,
unexplainable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for sophistic

logical,
rational,
reasonable,
sound,
valid,
well-founded,
well-grounded

commonsense,
sane,
sensible,
sober,
wise

enlightened,
informed,
just,
justified,
reasoned

ordered,
organized

clear,
cogent,
compelling,
convincing,
credible,
persuasive,
plausible,
satisfying,
solid

certain,
sure,
true

confirmed,
corroborated,
demonstrated,
established,
substantiated,
validated

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24 Feb 2020

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“Sophistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophistic. Accessed 8 Apr. 2020.

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