Synonyms for ostensible
ɒˈstɛn sə bəlos·ten·si·ble

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1. ostensible

   Synonyms:
   avowed, pretended, declared, professed, manifest, visible, nominal, apparent, outward

   Antonyms:
   real, genuine, concealed, unpretended, actual, veritable

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1. apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)adjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   profound, echt, genuine

2. ostensible, ostensiveadjective

   represented or appearing as such; pretended

   "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"

   Synonyms:
   seeming(a), apparent(a), ostensive

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, profound

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1. ostensibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   shown, declared, avowed, assigned, manifest, apparent, exhibited, presented, visible

2. ostensibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   specious, plausible, colorable

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1. List of paraphrases for "ostensible":

   apparent

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1. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.