Synset

appearing as such but not necessarily so
<adj.all>   (a)   (a)   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6

apparent

ostensible

seeming

sample sentences

"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"