Fallacious
Fallacious adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them
Underhanded and fallacious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Underhanded" instead an adjective "Fallacious".
Underhanded
Underhanded adjective - Given to or marked by cheating and deception.
Fallacious and underhanded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Underhanded".
Nearby Word: underhand
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dishonest and fallacious
- dishonest and underhanded
- false and fallacious
- false and underhanded
- fraudulent and fallacious
- fraudulent and underhanded
- deceptive and fallacious
- deceptive and underhanded
- lying and fallacious
- lying and underhanded
- hypocritical and fallacious
- hypocritical and underhanded
- insincere and fallacious
- insincere and underhanded
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Underhanded and Fallacious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/underhanded
Fallacious & Underhanded. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/underhanded>.
Underhanded or Fallacious. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/underhanded.
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