ostensible
/oss-TEN-sih-bul/adjectivestated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
“The ostensible reason was scheduling; the real one was money.”
- Synonyms
- apparent, purported, professed
- Antonyms
- genuine, actual
- Memory hook
- ostendere (show): the version shown.
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