All ostensive synonyms

adjective ostensive

• ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
• apparent — An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist.
• professed — avowed; acknowledged.
• supposed — assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case.
• perceived — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
• seeming — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
• alleged — An alleged fact has been stated but has not been proved to be true.
• superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
• credible — Credible means able to be trusted or believed.
• external — Belonging to or forming the outer surface or structure of something.
• illusive — illusory.
• illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
• likely — probably or apparently destined (usually followed by an infinitive): something not likely to happen.
• outward — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
• plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
• possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
• probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
• specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
• suppositious — formed from or growing out of supposition: suppositious evidence.