ostensible
Meaning of ostensible
- stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
the real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint
mid 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin ostensibilis from Latin ostens- ‘stretched out to view’, from the verb ostendere, from ob- ‘in view of’ + tendere ‘to stretch’.
Information about ostensible
- It is an adjective.
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GalicianHyphenation of ostensible
os-ten-si-ble
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- ostensible is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
ostensible synonyms
Meaning apparent:
Meaning ostensive:
Meaning relating to the external appearance of something rather than its true nature:
Meaning relating to or found on the surface of something:
Meaning appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely:
Meaning (of a quality, feeling, or belief) claimed openly but often falsely:
Meaning generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so:
Meaning that has been asserted, admitted, or stated publicly:
Meaning suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability:
Meaning said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality:
Meaning openly or formally asserted or announced:
Meaning state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof:
Meaning appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged:
Meaning not genuine; assumed:
Meaning simulated or pretended; insincere:
Meaning superficially plausible, but actually wrong:
ostensible antonyms
Meaning actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed:
Meaning truly what something is said to be; authentic:
Words that rhyme with ostensible
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