'Sophistical' definitions:
Definition of 'sophistical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Plausible but misleading [syn: sophistic, sophistical]
Definition of 'Sophistical'
From: GCIDE
- Sophistic \So*phis"tic\, Sophistical \So*phis"tic*al\, a. [L. sophisticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sophistique.] Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound. [1913 Webster]
- His argument . . . is altogether sophistical. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] -- {So*phis"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {So*phis"tic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sophistical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- apparently sound,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- cagey,
- canny,
- casuistic,
- clever,
- colorable,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deceptive,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- diplomatic,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- empty,
- fallacious,
- feline,
- foxy,
- guileful,
- hollow,
- illusive,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- insincere,
- inventive,
- jesuitic,
- knowing,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- mealymouthed,
- overrefined,
- oversubtle,
- pawky,
- philosophicojuristic,
- philosophicoreligious,
- philosophistic,
- plausible,
- politic,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistic,
- specious,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactical,
- tongue in cheek,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- uncandid,
- unfrank,
- unserious,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily