Apparent
Apparent adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.
Usage example: at the start of the investigation, the apparent cause of the plane crash was mechanical failure
Supposed is a synonym for apparent in seeming topic. In some cases you can use "Supposed" instead an adjective "Apparent".
Nearby Word: apparently
Supposed
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- seeming and apparent
- seeming and supposed
- outward and apparent
- outward and supposed
- likely and apparent
- likely and supposed
- superficial and apparent
- superficial and supposed
- imaginary and apparent
- imaginary and supposed
- nominal and apparent
- nominal and supposed
- probable and apparent
- probable and supposed
Both words in one sentence
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The incredibly haunting backing track makes it clear that we are not supposed to be sympathising with the singer (while never actually stated out loud, the robot's apparent lack of free will make the comparisons to rape quite easy).
Source: Kiss Me, I'm Virtual -
The same is true of enemy mooks, in fact they only seem to have one model per class, but it's not so apparent because they're in uniform and therefore supposed to look pretty similar anyway.
Source: You ALL Look Familiar - The apparent Word of God is that it was supposed to be holy water; they simply forgot to add smoke and sizzling noises.
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