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put-on

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of put-on

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

  • a put-on goofy voice
Synonyms of put-on

affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural
Words Related to put-on

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, studied
Near Antonyms of put-on

authentic, bona fide, real, realistic, right, true

honest, ingenuous, sincere, unpretending

easy, effortless, smooth

extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, unconscious, unprompted, unrehearsed, unstudied
Antonyms of put-on

artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced

put-on

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of put-on

1 a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive

  • my bravery was all a put-on—I was scared out of my wits
Synonyms of put-on

act, airs, charade, disguise, facade (also façade), front, guise, masquerade, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), semblance, show
Words Related to put-on

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, pretext
Near Antonyms of put-on

bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, outspokenness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete)

2 a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect

  • for a moment, I couldn't tell if the commercial was serious or a deadpan put-on of ads by other insurance companies
Synonyms of put-on

burlesque, caricature, parody, rib, send-up, spoof, takeoff, travesty
Words Related to put-on

lampoon, mockery, satire

comedy, farce, humor, sketch, slapstick, squib

distortion, exaggeration

imitation, impersonation, mimicking

put on

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of put on

1 to place on oneʼs person

  • I put on a coat and shoes to go outside
Synonyms of put on

don, slip (on or into), throw (on)
Words Related to put on

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedizen, bundle up, caparison, clothe, doll up, dress, garb, rig, robe, suit, trick, uniform

overdress
Near Antonyms of put on

disrobe, strip, undress
Antonyms of put on

doff, remove, take off

2 to describe or express in too strong terms

  • some critics are putting it on when they say itʼs the best comedy ever made
Synonyms of put on

exaggerate, overdo, overdraw, overstate
Words Related to put on

color, elaborate, embellish, embroider, magnify, pad, play up, stretch

fudge, hedge

melodramatize, overemphasize, overplay, sensationalize
Near Antonyms of put on

belittle, minimize, play down
Antonyms of put on

understate

3 to present a false appearance of

  • put on a show of anger just for fun
Synonyms of put on

act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pass (for), pretend, profess, sham, simulate
Words Related to put on

dissimulate, impersonate, let on, masquerade, play, playact, pose

forge, imitate

camouflage, conceal, disguise, mask

feint

malinger
Phrases Synonymous with put on

make believe

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