put_on as in 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"

Synonyms

• assumedadopted in order to deceive
• falsein a disloyal and faithless manner; not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; arising from error; erroneous and usually accidental; deliberately deceptive; inappropriate to reality or facts; not genuine or real; designed to deceive; inaccurate in pitch; adopted in order to deceive; (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection
• fictitiousformed or conceived by the imagination; adopted in order to deceive
• fictiveadopted in order to deceive; capable of imaginative creation
• pretendedadopted in order to deceive
• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)
• shamsomething that is a counterfeit; a person who makes deceitful pretenses ; make a pretence of; make believe with the intent to deceive; adopted in order to deceive

put_on as in 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"

Synonyms

• wearimpairment resulting from long use; a covering designed to be worn on a person's body ; the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; be dressed in; have on one's person; have in one's aspect; deteriorate through use or stress; have or show an appearance of; last and be usable; go to pieces; exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; put clothing on one's body
• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)
• get intoget involved in or with ; to come or go into; secure a place in a college, university, etc. ; familiarize oneself thoroughly with; put clothing on one's body
• donput clothing on one's body; a Spanish gentleman or nobleman ; teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) ; the head of an organized crime family ; Celtic goddess; a European river in southwestern Russia; a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename
• assumetake to be the case or to be true; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; occupy or take on; seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; make a pretence of; take up someone's soul into heaven; put clothing on one's body

put_on as in add to something existing

• "She put on a sun room"

Synonyms

• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)

put_on as in put on the stove or ready for cooking

• "put on the tea, please!"

Synonyms

• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)

put_on as in carry out (performances)

• "They turned in a splendid effort"
• "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"

Synonyms

• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)
• turn inmake an entrance by turning from a road; to surrender someone or something to another; carry out (performances); prepare for sleep

put_on as in add to the odometer

• "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"

Synonyms

• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)

put_on as in prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

• "mount a theater production"
• "mount an attack"
• "mount a play"

Synonyms

• mounta lightweight horse kept for riding only ; the act of climbing something; a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; something forming a back that is added for strengthening ; attach to a support; go up or advance; fix onto a backing, setting, or support; put up or launch; get up on the back of; go upward with gradual or continuous progress; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; copulate with
• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)

put_on as in apply to a surface

• "She applied paint to the back of the house"
• "Put on make-up!"

Synonyms

• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)
• applyput into service; be pertinent or relevant or applicable; ask (for something); apply to a surface; be applicable to; give or convey physically; avail oneself to; ensure observance of laws and rules; refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; apply oneself to

put_on as in fool or hoax

• "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"
• "You can't fool me!"

Synonyms

• gullmake a fool or dupe of ; fool or hoax; a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of ; mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
• dupefool or hoax; a person who is tricked or swindled
• slanginformal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); use slang or vulgar language ; fool or hoax; abuse with coarse language
• befoolmake a fool or dupe of ; fool or hoax
• codcollecting the charges upon delivery; payable by the recipient on delivery; the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) ; lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters ; fool or hoax; harass with persistent criticism or carping
• foola person who lacks good judgment ; a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of ; a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages ; make a fool or dupe of ; spend frivolously and unwisely; fool or hoax; indulge in horseplay
• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)
• take inprovide with shelter ; fool or hoax; suck or take up or in; visit for entertainment; call for and obtain payment of; see or watch; express willingness to have in one's home or environs; fold up; take up mentally; earn on some commercial or business transaction; hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; accept; take in, also metaphorically; take up as if with a sponge ; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; take into one's family; make (clothes) smaller
• put one overfool or hoax
• put one acrossfool or hoax

put_on as in increase (one's body weight)

• "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

Synonyms

• gaina quantity that is added; the advantageous quality of being beneficial ; the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input ; the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating ; obtain; win something through one's efforts; derive a benefit from; reach a destination, either real or abstract; obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; rise in rate or price; increase or develop; earn on some commercial or business transaction; increase (one's body weight)
• put onadopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)