of doubtful authorship or authenticity.

Ecclesiastical .

( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha.

of doubtful sanction; uncanonical.

false; spurious

He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed.

adjective

authentic , doubtless , real , true

adjective

counterfeit , doubtful , dubious , equivocal , false , fictitious , inaccurate , mythical , spurious , unauthenticated , ungenuine , unsubstantiated , untrue , unverified , wrong , disputed , fabricated , sham , unauthentic , unreal