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Synonyms & Antonyms of spurious
- a spurious Picasso painting that wouldn't have fooled an art expert for a second
Synonyms for spurious
- bogus,
- counterfeit,
- fake,
- false,
- forged,
- inauthentic,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- queer,
- sham,
- snide,
- unauthentic
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- claimed that the governor's election-year enthusiasm for conservation was spurious, since he had cut funding for state parks
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- automatic,
- canned,
- concocted,
- fabricated,
- hokey,
- labored,
- manufactured,
- pat,
- unauthentic,
- unreal,
- unrealistic
- double-dealing,
- empty,
- facile,
- hollow,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- left-handed,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
- exaggerated,
- histrionic,
- melodramatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- theatrical
- (also theatric)
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- the spurious son of Charles II, the Duke of Monmouth would later mount a rebellion in a disastrous attempt to claim the throne
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A synonym of 'false' meaning "of a deceitful nature"
When To Use 'Specious' vs. 'Spurious'
When To Use 'Specious' vs. 'Spurious'
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“Spurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurious. Accessed 30 May. 2020.
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The first known use of spurious was in 1598
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