ostensible, adj.
represented or appearing as such; pretended
<adj.all>
ostensible ostensive
sample sentences
"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
semantic pointers
similar to
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"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to