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Synonyms for ostensible in English

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ostensible:
- supposed; reputed; ostensible; pretended; ostensive; seeming; apparent

English

Detailed Synonyms for ostensible in English

ostensible:

ostensible adj

ostensible
supposed; reputed; ostensible; pretended
- supposed adj
- reputed adj
- ostensible adj
- pretended adj
ostensible

– represented or appearing as such; pretended ¹
ostensible; ostensive
– represented or appearing as such; pretended ¹
- ostensible adj
  - His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity¹
- ostensive adj
ostensible

– appearing as such but not necessarily so ¹
ostensible; seeming; apparent
– appearing as such but not necessarily so ¹
- ostensible adj
  - the ostensible truth of their theories¹
- seeming adj
  - his seeming honesty¹
- apparent adj
  - for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent¹
  - the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies¹

Alternate Synonyms for "ostensible":

apparent; seeming; superficial
ostensive; counterfeit; imitative

Related Definitions for "ostensible":

represented or appearing as such; pretended¹
- His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity¹
appearing as such but not necessarily so¹
- the ostensible truth of their theories¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University