ostensible

  • (s) 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
    • the ostensible truth of their theories
    • his seeming honesty
    seeming, apparent,
  • (s) represented or appearing as such; pretended
    • His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity
    ostensive,

Synonyms

seeming apparent ostensive

Words of close approximity

ostensibly
ostensibly