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First Known Use of put-on
circa 1625
put-on Synonyms
Synonyms
affected, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnaturalAntonyms
artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforcedRelated Words
automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic; double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous; exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric); cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering; conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden; artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studiedNear Antonyms
authentic, bona fide, real, realistic, right, true; honest, ingenuous, sincere, unpretending; easy, effortless, smooth; extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, unconscious, unprompted, unrehearsed, unstudiedDefinition of put-on
1
:an instance of putting someone on
- conversational put-ons are related to old-fashioned joshing
- —Jacob Brackman
First Known Use of put-on
1919
put-on Synonyms
Synonyms
act, airs, charade, disguise, facade (also façade), front, guise, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, showRelated Words
impersonation, performance, portrayal; image, persona; appearance, color, gloss; camouflage, cloak; affectation, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, fraud, guile; betrayal, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness; excuse, pretextNear Antonyms
bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, outspokenness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness; artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete or naiveté)put on
verb
Definition of put on
transitive verb
1 a
: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
3 a
:add
- put on weight
b
:exaggerate, overstate
5 a
:to mislead deliberately especially for amusement
- the interviewer … must be put down — or possibly, put on
- —Melvin Maddocks
b
:3kid 1
- you're putting me on
Examples of put on in a Sentence
I put on a coat and shoes to go outside.
some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made
First Known Use of put on
15th century
PUT-ON Defined for English Language Learners
put-on
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noun
Definition of put-on for English Language Learners
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: the act of saying things that are not true in a joking way
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