Captious and Fallacious

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Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.

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Fallacious and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Captious".

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Fallacious adjective - Not using or following good reasoning.

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Captious and fallacious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Fallacious".

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Fallacious and Captious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/fallacious

Captious & Fallacious. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/fallacious>.

Fallacious or Captious. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/fallacious.

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