Ostensible
Ostensible adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.
Usage example: the ostensible reason for the meeting turned out to be a trick to get him to the surprise party
Plausible and ostensible are semantically related. in alleged topic. In some cases you can use "Plausible" instead an adjective "Ostensible".
Nearby Word: ostensibly
Plausible
Plausible adjective - Worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable.
Ostensible and plausible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ostensible" instead an adjective "Plausible".
Nearby Words: plausibly, plausibility
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- seeming and ostensible
- seeming and plausible
- likely and ostensible
- likely and plausible
- meretricious and ostensible
- meretricious and plausible
- spurious and ostensible
- spurious and plausible
- deceptive and ostensible
- deceptive and plausible
- probable and ostensible
- probable and plausible
- possible and ostensible
- possible and plausible
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