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put-on
Synonyms and Antonyms of put-on
- a put-on goofy voice
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
put-on
Synonyms and Antonyms of put-on
- My bravery was all a put-on—I was scared out of my wits.
- For a moment, I couldn't tell if the commercial was serious or a deadpan put-on of ads by other insurance companies.
put on
Synonyms and Antonyms of put on
- I put on a coat and shoes to go outside.
- Some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made.
- put on a show of anger just for fun
make believe
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