All sophistical synonyms
so·phis·tic
S s adj sophistical
- false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- demagogic — If you say that someone such as a politician is demagogic, you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- illogical — not logical; contrary to or disregardful of the rules of logic; unreasoning: an illogical reply.
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- in-correct — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- misleading — deceptive; tending to mislead.
- cooked-up — to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
adjective sophistical
- quibbling — characterized by or consisting of quibbles; carping; niggling: quibbling debates.
- evasive — Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly.
- dissembling — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- fluffed — Simple past tense and past participle of fluff.
- casuistical — Casuistic.
- goofed — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- concocted — to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers.
- caviling — Present participle of cavil.
- mishandled — Simple past tense and past participle of mishandle.
- elusory — That tends to elude.
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- deluding — Present participle of delude.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- confounding — to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him.