spurious

spurious is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
2. adjective. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
3. adjective. intended to deceive

   "a spurious work of art"

   Synonyms: inauthentic, unauthentic

4. adjective. born out of wedlock- E.A.Freeman

   "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"

   Synonyms: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten

5. adjective. plausible but false

   "a specious claim"

   "spurious inferences"

   Synonyms: specious

Synonyms

inauthentic, unauthentic, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, specious

Common word forms

spuriously, spuriousness

Words from these letters

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