Dictionary Entry
ostensible
ostensible is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
- 2adjective
Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
- 3adjective
represented or appearing as such; pretended
"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
Synonyms
- 4adjective
appearing as such but not necessarily so
"for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"
"the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"
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