Synonyms of as if

as if

conjunction

as in like

the way it would be or one would do if

she looked as if she wanted to ask one more question before we left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• like
• as though
• as

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of as if

When the show ended, the audience burst into rattled applause, as if we’d been woken from our own dream, still unable to tell the reverie from the real thing. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

The service Warm and efficient, offering to show you around the historic corners of the hotel, remembering coffee orders at breakfast, and recommending dishes on the menu as if cooking supper in their own home. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Evie felt Atlas’s side of the bed freeze, go stiff, as if frigid air had suddenly come along, causing his breath and all bodily functions to stop. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Agent Smith, The Matrix There’s something simultaneously corporate and federal about the Matrix’s digital antibody — as if the Wolf of Wall Street joined the Secret Service. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026