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Bookmark or Share- OSTENSIBLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionaryappearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else: Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government. Synonym. seeming formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Seeming and purporting to be. apparent. appearance. as if/though idiom.
- Ostensible - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comconcerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually. adjective. represented or appearing as such; pretended. “His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity” synonyms: ostensive. counterfeit, imitative. not genuine; imitating something superior. Cite this entry.
- OSTENSIBLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryappearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else: Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government. Synonym. seeming formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Seeming and purporting to be. apparent. appearance. as if/though idiom.
- ostensible | meaning of ostensible in Longman Dictionary of ...From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English os‧ten‧si‧ble /ɒˈstensəbəl $ ɑː-/ adjective seeming to be the reason for or the purpose of something, but usually hiding the real reason or purpose ostensible reason/purpose/aim The ostensible reason for his resignation was ill health.
- OSTENSIBLE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-WebsterSynonyms for OSTENSIBLE: apparent, presumed, possible, obvious, seeming, probable, supposed, putative; Antonyms of OSTENSIBLE: hidden, impossible, actual, improbable, unlikely, inconceivable, real, implausible.
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