ostensible

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. 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
• Syn:
apparent, seeming
• Similar to:
superficial
• Derivationally related forms:
appear (for: apparent), apparentness (for: apparent)
2. represented or appearing as such;
pretended
- His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity
• Syn:
ostensive
• Similar to:
counterfeit, imitative

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ostensive, apparent(a), seeming(a)