All spurious synonyms
spu·ri·ous
S s adj spurious
- manmade — produced, formed, or made by humans.
- fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- cooked-up — to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- hollywood — the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.
- apocryphal — An apocryphal story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something.
- false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.