Synonyms of as though

as though

conjunction

as in like

the way it would be or one would do if

the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• like
• as if
• as

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of as though

Her infirmity, Lurie says, began in July, 1953, but tremors of premonition course through her work from first to last, as though sickness were naturally expected to arrive, like a punctual guest. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

Its craters also seem immutable, as though carved into rock instead of ice. —Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025

But the rest of the movie is straight-faced, as though its story of two reckless sociopaths vying to destroy the world in their respective modes weren’t appallingly depressing. —Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025

Adults can’t expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend’s assassination, then assert their right to the former friend’s love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025