Thesaurus
put on
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of PUT ON
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to describe or express in too strong terms <some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made>
Related Words color, elaborate, embellish, embroider, magnify, pad, play up, stretch; fudge, hedge; melodramatize, overemphasize, overplay, sensationalize
Antonyms understate
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to present a false appearance of <put on a show of anger just for fun>
Synonyms act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, pass (for), pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate
Related Words dissimulate, impersonate, let on, masquerade, play, playact, pose; forge, imitate; camouflage, conceal, disguise, mask; feint; malinger
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