Synonyms for fallacy
noun illusion, misconception- deception
- falsehood
- heresy
- inconsistency
- misinterpretation
- paradox
- untruth
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- faultiness
- flaw
- illogicality
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- mistake
- notion
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- subterfuge
- non sequitur
- quibbling
Antonyms for fallacy
- truth
- accuracy
- certainty
- conformity
- correction
- directness
- facing
- fairness
- frankness
- honesty
- meeting
- openness
- reality
- sameness
- truthfulness
- evidence
- fact
- right
- surety
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deception
noun. trick
- artifice
- bilk
- bluff
- catch
- cheat
- chicane
- con
- con game
- confidence game
- cover-up
- crock
- decoy
- device
- dodge
- fallacy
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- feint
- fib
- fraud
- gimmick
- hoax
- hogwash
- hustle
- illusion
- imposture
- jive
- lie
- malarkey
- mare's-nest
- pretext
- ride
- ruse
- scam
- sham
- shift
- shuck
- snare
- snow job
- stall
- sting
- story
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- swindle
- trap
- trick
- whitewash
- wile
- wrinkle
delusion
noun. misconception, misbelief
- apparition
- blunder
- casuistry
- chicanery
- daydream
- deception
- deceptiveness
- dream
- eidolon
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment
- fool's paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- ignis fatuus
- illusion
- lapse
- mirage
- misapprehension
- mistake
- optical illusion
- oversight
- phantasm
- phantom
- pipe dream
- self-deception
- shade
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- trickery
- trip
- vision
delusions
noun. misconception, misbelief
- apparition
- blunder
- casuistry
- chicanery
- daydream
- deception
- deceptiveness
- dream
- eidolon
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment
- fool's paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- ignis fatuus
- illusion
- lapse
- mirage
- misapprehension
- mistake
- optical illusion
- oversight
- phantasm
- phantom
- pipe dream
- self-deception
- shade
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- trickery
- trip
- vision
equivocation
noun. avoidance of an issue
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- casuistry
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- doubtfulness
- duplicity
- equivocality
- evasion
- fallacy
- fib
- fibbing
- hedging
- lie
- line
- lying
- misrepresentation
- prevarication
- quibbling routine
- run-around
- shuffling
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- tergiversation
- waffle
error
noun. mistake; wrong
- X
- absurdity
- bad job
- blunder
- boner
- boo-boo
- delinquency
- delusion
- deviation
- erratum
- failure
- fall
- fallacy
- falsehood
- falsity
- fault
- faux pas
- flaw
- glitch
- goof
- howler
- inaccuracy
- lapse
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- miscalculation
- misconception
- miscue
- misdeed
- misjudgment
- mismanagement
- miss
- misstep
- misunderstanding
- offense
- omission
- oversight
- screamer
- screw-up
- sin
- slight
- slip
- slipup
- solecism
- stumble
- transgression
- trespass
- untruth
- wrongdoing
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