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

putting on

verb

present participle of put on

as in donning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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donning
throwing (on)
rigging
slipping (on or into)
bundling up
dolling up
dressing
appareling
clothing
bedizening
tricking
apparelling
suiting
caparisoning
robing
uniforming
attiring
garbing
bedecking
arraying
overdressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

taking off
removing
stripping
doffing
undressing
disrobing

as in exaggerating

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

exaggerating
playing up
overdoing
overstating
overdrawing
padding
elaborating
embroidering
stretching
embellishing
hedging
coloring
melodramatizing
magnifying
sensationalizing
overemphasizing
overplaying
fudging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

understating
minimizing
belittling
playing down

as in pretending

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

pretending
simulating
making believe
assuming
passing (for)
affecting
letting on
acting
feigning
shamming
professing
dissembling
counterfeiting
bluffing
posing
faking
forging
concealing
playing
masquerading
dissimulating
imitating
playacting
masking
impersonating
camouflaging
disguising
feinting
malingering

单词	putting 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 putting on verb present participle of put on 1 as in donning to place on one's person I put on a coat and shoes to go outside Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance donning throwing (on) rigging slipping (on or into) bundling up dolling up dressing appareling clothing bedizening tricking apparelling suiting caparisoning robing uniforming attiring garbing bedecking arraying overdressing Antonyms & Near Antonyms taking off removing stripping doffing undressing disrobing 2 as in exaggerating 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 exaggerating playing up overdoing overstating overdrawing padding elaborating embroidering stretching embellishing hedging coloring melodramatizing magnifying sensationalizing overemphasizing overplaying fudging Antonyms & Near Antonyms understating minimizing belittling playing down 3 as in pretending to present a false appearance of put on a show of anger just for fun Synonyms & Similar Words pretending simulating making believe assuming passing (for) affecting letting on acting feigning shamming professing dissembling counterfeiting bluffing posing faking forging concealing playing masquerading dissimulating imitating playacting masking impersonating camouflaging disguising feinting malingering
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