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sophistical a. 诡辩的;强词夺理的 诡辩的;强词夺理的 sophistical adj 1: plausible but misleading [ synonym: { sophistic}, { sophistical}] 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] 76 Moby Thesaurus words for " sophistical": Machiavellian, Machiavellic, 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, 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
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