- Types Of Speech
- You can use ostensible as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Ostensible
- A 4 syllables adjective satellite and 10 letters with the letters b, e, i, l, n, o, s, and t, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters ns. Ostensible starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters o, os, ost, oste, osten, and the ending characters are e, le, ble, ible, sible, ..
- Definition
- Represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
- Origin/Roots
- French
- School Grade
- Ostensible is set as a sat word that starts with o, ends with e, 4 syllables, 4 vowels and 10 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Ostensible in Pig Latin is said as "ostensibleay or ostensibleway".
- Unigram
- o | s | t | e | n | s | i | b | l | e
- Bigram
- os | st | te | en | ns | si | ib | bl | le
- Trigram
- ost | ste | ten | ens | nsi | sib | ibl | ble
- Quadrigram
- oste | sten | tens | ensi | nsib | sibl | ible
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- represented or appearing as such;
pretended;
"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" - 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"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aerial | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer |
| Aeriform | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality as impalpable or intangible as air "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
| Aerofoil | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air can lift or control a plane in flight |
| Aery | any habitation at a high altitude |
| Agaze | (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder "staring eyes" |
| Airfoil | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air can lift or control a plane in flight |
| Airy | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality as impalpable or intangible as air "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
| Alleged | declared but not proved "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal |
| Antic | |
| Apparent | clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields" "evident hostility" "manifest disapproval" "patent advantages" "made his meaning plain" "it is plain that he is no reac |
View all cognitive synonyms for Ostensible
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ostensible | represented or appearing as such pretended "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" |
View English words with the unique letters used in ostensible. Words With The Letters Beilnost
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Counterfeit | a copy that is represented as the original |
| Imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
Ostensible Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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