Synonyms & related words for spurious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of spurious — including inauthentic, unauthentic, bogus, false, phony, fake. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to spurious

Explore words related to spurious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include specious, spuriousness, spuriously, bogusness, bogusly, obelize, fallacious, falser. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for spurious

Common synonyms for spurious include inauthentic, unauthentic, bogus, false, phony, fake, fraudulent, counterfeit — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does spurious come from?

The word spurious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root spur-, from Latin spurius (“illegitimate, false”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.