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

Players will be barred from contact with team personnel, unable to use team facilities, along with many other noticeable changes designed to pretend as though the stars who sustain the sport don't exist. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

My editor presented it as though people with Sitzfleisch stay in one place so that their minds can work. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

The rest of Orion followed them into the sky almost sideways, as though somebody had knocked the Hunter over. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Pointing to the responses from the town hall meetings, Trustee Horn said more than a third of Mansfield residents didn’t feel as though their voices were being heard in district matters. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026