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Showing words for SPURIOUS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Spurious

spurious

7 Letter Words for Spurious

spirous

6 Letter Words for Spurious

isurus, urosis, usurps

5 Letter Words for Spurious

ipsus, irous, pious, pisos, porus, pours, priss, prius, pross, puris, purus, risps, risus, roups, sirop, siros, sorus, soups, sours, spiro, spurs, ursus, usurp

4 Letter Words for Spurious

ipso, isos, iuus, opus, oups, ours, pirs, piso, piss, pius, pois, poss, pour, prio, pros, psis, puir, puri, purs, puss, rips, risp, ross, roup, rous, russ, sips, sirs, soir, sops, sori, soup, sour, sous, spor, spur, sris, supr, sups, susi, susu, urps, urus, ussr

3 Letter Words for Spurious

ios, iou, ipo, ipr, ips, irs, iso, ois, ops, ors, osi, oui, oup, our, ous, pir, pis, piu, poi, por, pos, pro, prs, psi, pur, pus, rio, rip, roi, ros, rps, sip, sir, sis, sop, sou, sps, sri, ssp, ssu, sui, sup, sur, sus, upo, ups, urp, urs, usu

Definitions for Spurious

[1] not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
[2] Biology . (of two or more parts, plants, etc.) having a similar appearance but a different structure.
[3] of illegitimate birth; bastard.
[4] not genuine or real
[5] (of a plant part or organ) having the appearance of another part but differing from it in origin, development, or function; false a spurious fruit
[6] (of radiation) produced at an undesired frequency by a transmitter, causing interference, etc
[7] rare illegitimate

Words related to Spurious

specious, bogus, phony, false, affected, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bastard, bent, bum, contrived, deceitful, deceptive, dummy, ersatz, feigned, forged, illegitimate, imitation

Words nearby Spurious

spur-of-the-moment, spurge, spurge family, spurge laurel, spurgeon, spurious, spurious ankylosis, spurious wing, spurn, spurred, spurrey

Origin of Spurious

1590–1600; < Latin spurius bastard, perhaps < Etruscan; see -ous

Other words from Spurious

spu·ri·ous·ly , adverb
spu·ri·ous·ness , noun
non·spu·ri·ous , adjective
non·spu·ri·ous·ly , adverb
non·spu·ri·ous·ness , noun
un·spu·ri·ous , adjective
un·spu·ri·ous·ly , adverb
un·spu·ri·ous·ness , noun

Word origin for Spurious

C17: from Latin spurius of illegitimate birth

Synonyms for Spurious

bogus, false, phony, specious, affected, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bastard, bent, bum, contrived, deceitful, deceptive, dummy, ersatz, faked, feigned, forged, framed, illegitimate, imitation, make-believe, mock, pirate, pretend, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, substitute, unauthentic, ungenuine, unreal