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

Organizations benchmark hallucination rates, compare outputs and optimize performance metrics as though the central risk is whether a model is 94% accurate versus 97% accurate. —Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Field has also been directed to bark her lines, as though impatience was an essential component of old age. —Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026

Raring to go, all the top military brass, including the agitated Eisenhower and his supercilious British counterpart General Bernard Montgomery (Damian Lewis), act as though the rational, needfully single-minded man of science has personally betrayed the mission. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 May 2026

Along the corridors, boxes and papers were piled outside doors, sometimes strewn over the floor as though dropped and left there. —Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026