OSTENSIBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does ostensible mean? • OSTENSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective OSTENSIBLE has 2 senses:
1. appearing as such but not necessarily so
2. represented or appearing as such; pretended
Familiarity information: OSTENSIBLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OSTENSIBLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Appearing as such but not necessarily so
Synonyms:
ostensible; seeming; apparent
Context examples:
for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent / the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies / the ostensible truth of their theories / his seeming honesty
Similar:
superficial (being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually)
Meaning:
Represented or appearing as such; pretended
Synonyms:
ostensible; ostensive
Context example:
His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity
Similar:
counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)
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