put-on

  • (s) adopted in order to deceive
    • an assumed name
    • an assumed cheerfulness
    • a fictitious address
    • fictive sympathy
    • a pretended interest
    • a put-on childish voice
    • sham modesty
    assumed, fictive, pretended, sham, fictitious, false,

Nouns

Verbs

  • (v) put clothing on one's body
    • What should I wear today?
    • He put on his best suit for the wedding
    • The princess donned a long blue dress
    • The queen assumed the stately robes
    • He got into his jeans
    don, get into, assume, wear,
  • (v) add to something existing
    • She put on a sun room
  • (v) put on the stove or ready for cooking
    • put on the tea, please!
  • (v) carry out (performances)
    • They turned in a splendid effort
    • They turned in top jobs for the second straight game
    turn in,
  • (v) add to the odometer
    • He put on 1,000 miles on this trip
  • (v) prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
    • mount a theater production
    • mount an attack
    • mount a play
    mount,
  • (v) apply to a surface
    • She applied paint to the back of the house
    • Put on make-up!
    apply,
  • (v) fool or hoax
    • The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
    • You can't fool me!
    cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, befool, gull, slang, take in, fool,
  • (v) increase (one's body weight)
    • She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising
    gain,

Synonyms

charade lampoon parody pasquinade sendup spoof burlesque mockery travesty takeoff don get into assume wear assumed fictive pretended sham fictitious false dupery hoax fraud fraudulence humbug antic prank joke trick caper turn in mount apply cod dupe put one across put one over befool gull slang take in fool gain

Antonyms

lose weight melt off slim slim down slenderize thin reduce

Words of close approximity

put in put up put-up
put on airs put one across put one over put on the line