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ostensible


 
  Overview  of  adj  ostensible 
 
  The  adj  ostensible  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  apparent,  ostensible,  seeming  --  (appearing  as  such  but  not  necessarily  so  "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") 
  2.  ostensible,  ostensive  --  (represented  or  appearing  as  such  pretended;  "His  ostensible  purpose  was  charity,  his  real  goal  popularity") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  ostensible 
 
  2  senses  of  ostensible 
 
  Sense  1 
  apparent(postnominal),  ostensible,  seeming(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  superficial)  ->  profound 
 
  Sense  2 
  ostensible,  ostensive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  counterfeit)  ->  genuine,  echt 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  ostensible 
 
  2  senses  of  ostensible 
 
  Sense  1 
  apparent(postnominal),  ostensible,  seeming(postnominal) 
  =>  superficial  (vs.  profound) 
 
  Sense  2 
  ostensible,  ostensive 
  =>  counterfeit  (vs.  genuine),  imitative 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  ostensible 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  ostensible 
 
  ostensible  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  ostensible 
  ostensible 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ostensible 
 
  The  adj  ostensible  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  apparent,  ostensible,  seeming  --  (appearing  as  such  but  not  necessarily  so  "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") 
  2.  ostensible,  ostensive  --  (represented  or  appearing  as  such  pretended;  "His  ostensible  purpose  was  charity,  his  real  goal  popularity") 



ostensible definition