put-on

1 of 3

adjective

ˈpu̇t-ˈȯn

-ˈän

: pretended, assumed

put-on

2 of 3

noun

ˈpu̇t-ˌȯn

-ˌän

: an instance of putting someone on

conversational put-ons are related to old-fashioned joshing

Jacob Brackman

: parody, spoof

a kind of put-on of every pretentious film ever made

C. A. Ridley

put on

3 of 3

verb

put on; putting on; puts on

transitive verb

: to dress oneself in : don

: to make part of one's appearance or behavior

: feign

put a saintly manner on

: to cause to act or operate : apply

put on more speed

: add

put on weight

: exaggerate, overstate

: perform, produce

put on a play

: to mislead deliberately especially for amusement

the interviewer … must be put down—or possibly, put on

Melvin Maddocks

: kid entry 3 sense 1

you're putting me on

put on 1 of 3

verb

as in to don

to place on one's person I put on a coat and shoes to go outside

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

don
throw (on)
slip (on or into)
rig
dress
doll up
trick
uniform
suit
robe
bundle up
apparel
attire
garb
clothe
array
bedizen
bedeck
caparison
overdress

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

take off
remove
strip
doff
undress
disrobe

as in to exaggerate

to describe or express in too strong terms some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made

Synonyms & Similar Words

exaggerate
play up
overdraw
overdo
overstate
pad
elaborate
melodramatize
embroider
embellish
stretch
color
hedge
fudge
magnify
overemphasize
sensationalize
overplay

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

understate
minimize
belittle
play down

as in to pretend

to present a false appearance of put on a show of anger just for fun

Synonyms & Similar Words

pretend
simulate
make believe
assume
pass (for)
affect
act
let on
feign
sham
bluff
dissemble
profess
counterfeit
pose
fake
forge
conceal
masquerade
play
dissimulate
imitate
mask
camouflage
impersonate
playact
disguise
feint
malinger

put-on

2 of 3

adjective

as in mock

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality a put-on goofy voice

Synonyms & Similar Words

mock
fake
strained
false
unnatural
exaggerated
pretended
contrived
mechanical
artificial
pseudo
affected
assumed
feigned
simulated
phony
theatrical
sham
plastic
factitious
bogus
spurious
forced
phoney
theatric
cute
unreal
deliberate
hokey
calculated
hollow
manufactured
insincere
automatic
fabricated
hypocritical
concocted
melodramatic
pat
formal
empty
unauthentic
unrealistic
unctuous
conscious
canned
labored
stiff
facile
overdone
histrionic
conventional
wooden
premeditated
cultivated
two-faced
cutesy
mincing
stylized
overacted
simpering
impersonal
rigid
double-dealing
artful
studied
genteel
mealymouthed
goody-goody
mealy
left-handed
inflexible
overrefined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

genuine
real
spontaneous
artless
natural
authentic
unaffected
realistic
true
sincere
unfeigned
uncontrived
bona fide
right
unforced
honest
easy
effortless
smooth
ingenuous
unconscious
instinctive
extemporaneous
impromptu
unstudied
unpretending
impulsive
unrehearsed
unprompted

put-on

3 of 3

noun

as in pretense

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 & Similar Words

pretense
facade
show
guise
act
pose
charade
playacting
masquerade
disguise
airs
semblance
pretence
front
persona
façade
affectation
cloak
portrayal
performance
impersonation
appearance
fakery
pretext
deception
camouflage
duplicity
dissembling
gloss
dissimulation
image
excuse
betrayal
deceit
fraud
falseness
guile
treachery
double-dealing
perfidy
double cross
treason
falsity
infidelity
faithlessness
color
unfaithfulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

sincerity
frankness
bluntness
candor
directness
straightforwardness
forthrightness
outspokenness
artlessness
naivete
naiveté
naïveté
genuineness
candidness
openheartedness
plainspokenness

as in spoof

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 & Similar Words

spoof
parody
satire
burlesque
caricature
send-up
imitation
takeoff
exaggeration
farce
rib
travesty
comedy
distortion
mockery
slapstick
lampoon
impersonation
sketch
humor
squib
mimicking

单词	put on
释义	put-on 1 of 3 adjective ˈpu̇t-ˈȯn -ˈän : pretended, assumed put-on 2 of 3 noun ˈpu̇t-ˌȯn -ˌän 1 : an instance of putting someone on conversational put-ons are related to old-fashioned joshing Jacob Brackman 2 : parody, spoof a kind of put-on of every pretentious film ever made C. A. Ridley put on 3 of 3 verb put on; putting on; puts on transitive verb 1 a : to dress oneself in : don b : to make part of one's appearance or behavior c : feign put a saintly manner on 2 : to cause to act or operate : apply put on more speed 3 a : add put on weight b : exaggerate, overstate 4 : perform, produce put on a play 5 a : to mislead deliberately especially for amusement the interviewer … must be put down—or possibly, put on Melvin Maddocks b : kid entry 3 sense 1 you're putting me on Synonyms Adjective affected artificial assumed bogus contrived factitious fake false feigned forced mechanical mock phony phoney plastic pretended pseudo sham simulated spurious strained unnatural Noun act airs charade disguise facade façade front guise masquerade playacting pose pretense pretence semblance show Verb don slip (on or into) throw (on) See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb 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 Word History First Known Use Adjective circa 1625, in the meaning defined above Noun 1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a put on 1 of 3 verb 1 as in to don to place on one's person I put on a coat and shoes to go outside Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance don throw (on) slip (on or into) rig dress doll up trick uniform suit robe bundle up apparel attire garb clothe array bedizen bedeck caparison overdress Antonyms & Near Antonyms take off remove strip doff undress disrobe 2 as in to exaggerate to describe or express in too strong terms some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made Synonyms & Similar Words exaggerate play up overdraw overdo overstate pad elaborate melodramatize embroider embellish stretch color hedge fudge magnify overemphasize sensationalize overplay Antonyms & Near Antonyms understate minimize belittle play down 3 as in to pretend to present a false appearance of put on a show of anger just for fun Synonyms & Similar Words pretend simulate make believe assume pass (for) affect act let on feign sham bluff dissemble profess counterfeit pose fake forge conceal masquerade play dissimulate imitate mask camouflage impersonate playact disguise feint malinger put-on 2 of 3 adjective as in mock lacking in natural or spontaneous quality a put-on goofy voice Synonyms & Similar Words mock fake strained false unnatural exaggerated pretended contrived mechanical artificial pseudo affected assumed feigned simulated phony theatrical sham plastic factitious bogus spurious forced phoney theatric cute unreal deliberate hokey calculated hollow manufactured insincere automatic fabricated hypocritical concocted melodramatic pat formal empty unauthentic unrealistic unctuous conscious canned labored stiff facile overdone histrionic conventional wooden premeditated cultivated two-faced cutesy mincing stylized overacted simpering impersonal rigid double-dealing artful studied genteel mealymouthed goody-goody mealy left-handed inflexible overrefined Antonyms & Near Antonyms genuine real spontaneous artless natural authentic unaffected realistic true sincere unfeigned uncontrived bona fide right unforced honest easy effortless smooth ingenuous unconscious instinctive extemporaneous impromptu unstudied unpretending impulsive unrehearsed unprompted See More put-on 3 of 3 noun 1 as in pretense 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 & Similar Words pretense facade show guise act pose charade playacting masquerade disguise airs semblance pretence front persona façade affectation cloak portrayal performance impersonation appearance fakery pretext deception camouflage duplicity dissembling gloss dissimulation image excuse betrayal deceit fraud falseness guile treachery double-dealing perfidy double cross treason falsity infidelity faithlessness color unfaithfulness Antonyms & Near Antonyms sincerity frankness bluntness candor directness straightforwardness forthrightness outspokenness artlessness naivete naiveté naïveté genuineness candidness openheartedness plainspokenness See More 2 as in spoof 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 & Similar Words spoof parody satire burlesque caricature send-up imitation takeoff exaggeration farce rib travesty comedy distortion mockery slapstick lampoon impersonation sketch humor squib mimicking
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