Thesaurus:ostensibly
English edit
Adverb edit
Sense: as it appears upon first impression; in appearance only edit
Synonyms edit
- apparently
- at first blush (idiomatic)
- at first glance
- at first sight
- on the face of it (idiomatic)
- on the surface
- ostensibly
- outwardly
- prima facie (legal)
- seemingly
- superficially
- surfacely (nonstandard)
- to all appearances
Antonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “448. appearance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “ostensibly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.