Contrived
Contrived adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Ostensible and contrived are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ostensible" instead an adjective "Contrived".
Ostensible
Ostensible adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.
Contrived and ostensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrived" instead an adjective "Ostensible".
Nearby Word: ostensibly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- make-believe and contrived
- make-believe and ostensible
- sham and contrived
- sham and ostensible
- affected and contrived
- affected and ostensible
- synthetic and contrived
- synthetic and ostensible
- artificial and contrived
- artificial and ostensible
- fake and contrived
- fake and ostensible
- counterfeit and contrived
- counterfeit and ostensible
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