put-on
adjective
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put-on
noun
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Definition of put-on (Entry 2 of 3)
put on
verbDefinition of put on (Entry 3 of 3)
1a : to dress oneself in : don
b : to make part of one's appearance or behavior
c : feign put a saintly manner on
2 : to cause to act or operate : apply put on more speed
3a : add put on weight
b : exaggerate, overstate
5a : to mislead deliberately especially for amusement the interviewer … must be put down — or possibly, put on— Melvin Maddocks
b : kid entry 3 sense 1 you're putting me on
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Synonyms & Antonyms for put-on
Synonyms: Adjective
affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural
Synonyms: Noun
act, airs, charade, disguise, facade (also façade), front, guise, masquerade, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), semblance, show
Synonyms: Verb
don, slip (on or into), throw (on)
Antonyms: Adjective
artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced
Antonyms: Verb
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More Definitions for put-on
put-on
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of put-on
(Entry 1 of 2)
: not real or genuine
put-on
noun
English Language Learners Definition of put-on (Entry 2 of 2)
: the act of saying things that are not true in a joking way
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