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| Main Entry: | incorrect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong |
| Synonyms: | erroneous, false, faulty, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, inexact, mistaken, out*, specious, unreliable, unseemly, unsound, unsuitable, untrue, wide of the mark*, counterfactual, flawed, imprecise, not trustworthy, unfitting, way off, wrong number |
| Antonyms: | correct, right, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | amiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong; defective |
| Synonyms: | awry, bad, confused, crooked, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, foul, haywire, imperfect, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, mistaken, out of order, sick, unfair, unlawful, unsuitable, untoward, flawed, glitched up |
| Antonyms: | good, right |
| Main Entry: | fallacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | false, wrong |
| Synonyms: | deceptive, delusive, erroneous, fictitious, fishy*, fraudulent, illogical, illusory, incorrect, invalid, irrational, mad, misleading, mistaken, off*, phony, spurious, unfounded, unreal, unreasonable, unsound, untrue, beguiling, deceiving, deluding, delusory, reasonless, sophistic, sophistical, ungrounded, unreasoned, way off |
| Notes: | fallacious means intended to deceive; fallible means liable to make a mistake or to be inaccurate or erroneous; false means not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality, or deliberately deceptive, or not genuine or real |
| Antonyms: | correct, real, true, truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illogical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not making sense |
| Synonyms: | absurd, cockeyed*, fallacious, false, fatuous, faulty, groundless, hollow, implausible, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsistent, incorrect, invalid, irrational, irrelevant, mad, meaningless, nutty*, off the wall, preposterous, screwy*, senseless, specious, spurious, unconnected, unreasonable, unscientific, unsound, unsubstantial, untenable, wacky, casuistic, inconsequent, not following, self-contradictory, sophistic, sophistical, unproved, without basis, without foundation |
| Antonyms: | correct, logical, meaningful, rational, reasonable, right, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ill-suited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not suitable |
| Synonyms: | bad form, ill-timed, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, incorrect, irrelevant, malapropos, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong, ill-fitted, ill-matched, mismatched, out of character, out of its element, out of place, unfitting |
| Main Entry: | inaccurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erroneous |
| Synonyms: | all wet, careless, counterfactual, defective, discrepant, doesn't wash, fallacious, false, faulty, imprecise, in error, incorrect, inexact, mistaken, off, off base*, out*, specious, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, untrue, way-off, wide*, wild*, wrong |
| Antonyms: | accurate, correct, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inappropriate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not proper, suitable |
| Synonyms: | bad form, disproportionate, garbage*, ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, inapplicable, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, inept, irrelevant, malapropos, off*, tasteless, unbecoming, undue, unfit, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, wrong, foot-in-mouth, ill-fitted, inapropos, inconsonant, left-field, out of line, out of place, unbefitting, unfitting, unmeet, way off, wrong-number |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, fitting, proper, suitable, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | specious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | misleading |
| Synonyms: | apparent, captious, credible, deceptive, delusive, empty, erroneous, fallacious, false, flattering, hollow, idle, illogical, inaccurate, incorrect, likely, nugatory, ostensible, ostentatious, plausible, presumable, presumptive, pretentious, probable, seeming, sophisticated, spurious, unsound, untrue, vain, wrong, apparently right, beguiling, casuistic, colorable, sophistic, sophistical |
| Antonyms: | real, true, valid |
| Main Entry: | trumped up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made up |
| Synonyms: | bogus, deceitful, dishonest, fake, false, falsified, fictitious, fishy, framed, fraudulent, imaginary, incorrect, invalid, lying, misleading, phony, sham, unfounded, unsound, untrue, concocted, cooked up, cooked-up, devised, fabricated, invented, made up |
| Main Entry: | unseemly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improper; in bad taste |
| Synonyms: | cheap, coarse, crude, disreputable, inappropriate, inapt, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, inept, malapropos, malodorous, poor, raffish, rough, rowdy, rude, ruffian, tawdry, unbecoming, ungodly, unrefined, unsuitable, untoward, vulgar, wrong, discreditable, in poor taste, out of keeping, out of place, unapt, unbefitting, undignified |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, due, fitting, proper, seemly, suited |
| Main Entry: | unsound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well; flimsy |
| Synonyms: | ailing, crazed, dangerous, decrepit, defective, delicate, demented, deranged, diseased, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fragile, frail, ill, illogical, inaccurate, incongruous, incorrect, infirm, insane, insecure, insubstantial, invalid, lunatic, mad, rickety, shaky, specious, unbalanced, unhealthy, unhinged, unreliable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial, unwell, weak, wobbly, flawed, in poor health, not solid, tottering, unbacked |
| Antonyms: | safe, sound, stable, strong, well |
| Main Entry: | untrue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
| Synonyms: | apocryphal, cheating, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, deviant, disloyal, distorted, erroneous, faithless, fallacious, false, fictitious, hollow, inaccurate, inconstant, incorrect, inexact, lying, meretricious, misleading, mistaken, off*, perfidious, recreant, sham*, specious, spurious, traitorous, treacherous, two-faced*, unfaithful, unsound, untrustworthy, untruthful, wide, wrong, counterfactual, dissembling, forsworn, imprecise, out of line, perjured, prevaricating, unloyal |
| Antonyms: | faithful, honest, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ungrammatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not using the correct rules of grammar |
| Synonyms: | improper, inaccurate, incorrect, ill-formed, imprecise, nonstandard, solecistic |
| Antonyms: | grammatical, well-formed |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor quality |
| Synonyms: | abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news*, beastly, blah*, bummer*, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, crummy*, defective, deficient, dissatisfactory, downer*, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, gross*, grungy*, icky*, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, lousy*, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, bottom out, cruddy, diddly, godawful, grody, junky, not good, the pits |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, reputable, right, upright, virtuous, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | false |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong, made up |
| Synonyms: | apocryphal, bogus, deceitful, delusive, dishonest, distorted, erroneous, ersatz*, fake, fallacious, fanciful, faulty, fictitious, fishy, fraudulent, illusive, imaginary, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, lying, mendacious, misleading, mistaken, phony, sham, specious, spurious, trumped up*, unfounded, unreal, unsound, untrue, untruthful, beguiling, casuistic, concocted, contrary to fact, cooked-up, counterfactual, deceiving, misrepresentative, off the mark, sophistical |
| Antonyms: | accurate, actual, correct, factual, genuine, known, precise, real, right, true, valid, substantiated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | improper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not suitable |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, awkward, bad form, discordant, discrepant, erroneous, false, ill-advised, ill-timed, imprudent, inaccurate, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, inexpedient, inharmonious, inopportune, irregular, ludicrous, malapropos, odd, preposterous, uncalled-for*, undue, unfit, unseasonable, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unwarranted, wrong, at odds, inapposite, infelicitous, off-base, out-of-place, out-of-season, unapt, unbefitting, uncomely, unfitting |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, correct, fitting, proper, right, suitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not appropriate or suited |
| Synonyms: | below par*, can't make the grade, debilitated, decrepit, discordant, down, dragging, feeble, flimsy, ill-adapted, ill-equipped, ill-suited, improper, inadequate, inapplicable, inappropriate, incompatible, incongruous, incorrect, ineffective, inexpedient, infelicitous, inharmonious, laid low, mistaken, not fit, out of element, out of place, out of shape, poorly, rocky*, unbecoming, uncongenial, uncool, unhealthy, unlikely, unmeet, unpromising, unsuitable, unsuited, useless, valueless |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, fit, suitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inappropriate, not suitable |
| Synonyms: | amiss, awkward, bad, disproportionate, funny, gauche, ill-advised, improper, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, malapropos, misplaced, off-balance, rotten*, unacceptable, unbecoming, unconventional, undesirable, unfit, unhappy, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable, infelicitous, not done, unfitted, unfitting |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, appropriate, correct, suitable, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | guilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
black, abandoned, accursed, adulterine, apostate, atrocious, bad, base, blameworthy, censurable, compunctious, condemned, corrupt, criminal, criminogenic, culpable, deep in iniquity, degrading, demoniacal, demoralized, demoralizing, depraved, desertless, diabolic, diabolical, discreditable, disgraceful, disorderly, disreputable, dissolute, doli incapax, dolose, evil-disposed, evil-minded, exceptionable, facinorous, false, fedifragous, felonious, fiendlike, flagitious, flagrant, foul, frail, graceless, grave, gross, guilt-sick, guilty, heartless, heinous, hell-born, hellish, hit-and-run, hot, ill-conditioned, illaudable, illegal, immoral, imperfect, improper, in fault, in the wrong, in the wrong box, incarnate, incorrect, incorrigible, indecorous, indefensible, indiscreet, inequitable, inexcusable, inexpiable, infamous, infernal, infirm, iniquitous, irreclaimable, irremissible, lawless, lax, lost in iniquity, lost to virtue, mala fide, malevolent, mephistophelian, misbegotten, miscreated, mutinous, naughty, nefarious, nefast, obdurate, objectionable, of a deep dye, one-sided, partial, past praying for, peccable, peccaminous, penal, perfidious, piacular, poison-pen, profligate, recidivous, recreant, reprehensible, reprobate, satanic, scampish, scandalous, scurvy, seditious, shameful, sinful, sinister, sinning, steeped in iniquity, stygian, sunk in iniquity, supercilious, thelyphthoric, to blame, too bad, transgressive, treacherous, unallowable, uncommendable, unconscionable, unduteous, undutiful, unequal, unequitable, unfair, unfit, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unprincipled, unrighteous, unseemly, unwarrantable, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, virtueless, weak, wee-wow, weighed in the balance and found wanting, wicked, wired, worthless, wrong, wrongful
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| Main Entry: | instinct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
loose, absonant, absonous, anterior to reason, feeble, flimsy, foolish, frivolous, gratuitous, groundless, hazarded, illogical, impulsive, inconclusive, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, incorrect, independent of reason, instinctive, intuitive, invalid, irrational, irrelevant, nonsensical, not following, poor, unconnected, unproved, unreasonable, unscientific, unsound, untenable, unwarranted, vague, weak
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