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Definition of 'put on'

adjective

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" [syn: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham]

verb

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" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume]

verb

Add to something existing; "She put on a sun room"

verb

Put on the stove or ready for cooking; "put on the tea, please!"

verb

Carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game" [syn: put on, turn in]

verb

Add to the odometer; "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"

verb

Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" [syn: mount, put on]

verb

Apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" [syn: put on, apply]

verb

Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across]

verb

Increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" [syn: gain, put on] [ant: lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin]

Synonyms of 'put on'

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accelerate,
act,
act a part,
administer,
affect,
affectation,
affected,
affectedness,
airs,
airs and graces,
apocryphal,
apply,
apply to,
artificial,
artificiality,
assume,
assumed,
back answer,
banter,
barge in,
bastard,
be a gas,
be a hit,
befool,
bestow,
bet,
bill,
blanket,
block,
bluff,
bogus,
bomb,
break in,
break in upon,
brummagem,
burden with,
burst in,
butt in,
canopy,
caustic remark,
chaff,
change,
charge,
charge in,
cheat,
clinquant,
cloak,
clothe,
cloud,
colorable,
colored,
come between,
comeback,
cope,
counterfeit,
counterfeited,
cover,
cover up,
cowl,
crack,
crack on,
crash,
crash in,
crash the gates,
creep in,
crowd in,
curtain,
cut,
cut in,
cutting remark,
deceit,
deceive,
deception,
demand,
dig,
disguise,
dissemble,
dissimulate,
distorted,
do a bit,
don,
dose,
dose with,
dramatize,
draw on,
dress in,
dressed up,
dummy,
dump,
dupe,
eclipse,
edge in,
elbow in,
embellished,
embroidered,
encroach,
enforce upon,
engage,
enjoin,
entrench,
ersatz,
exact,
facade,
face,
factitious,
fail,
fake,
faked,
fakement,
false,
false front,
false show,
falsified,
fasten upon,
feature,
feign,
feigned,
feigned belief,
fictitious,
fictive,
film,
fleer,
flop,
flout,
foist in,
foist on,
foolery,
force,
force upon,
forgery,
four-flush,
frame-up,
fraud,
freight with,
front,
gain ground,
gamble,
game,
gammon,
garbled,
get into,
get on,
gibe,
gibing retort,
give,
give a boost,
give a lift,
gull,
hasten,
haze,
headline,
help up,
hire,
histrionize,
hoax,
hood,
horn in,
horse,
humbug,
hurry up,
hypocrisy,
hypocritical,
illegitimate,
image,
imitation,
impinge,
impose,
impose on,
impose upon,
impostor,
infatuate,
infiltrate,
inflict on,
inflict upon,
infringe,
insincerity,
insinuate,
interfere,
interlope,
interpose,
intervene,
intrude,
invade,
irrupt,
jab,
jape,
jeer,
jest,
jive,
joke,
jolly,
josh,
junk,
junky,
kid,
lay,
lay on,
lay over,
leg-pull,
let on,
let on like,
levy,
look big,
make a hit,
make a pretense,
make as if,
make believe,
make like,
make out like,
make-believe,
man-made,
mannered,
mannerism,
mantle,
mask,
masquerade,
melodramatize,
mere show,
mete out to,
mock,
mount,
muffle,
needle,
obduce,
obscure,
obtrude,
occult,
open,
open a show,
open the throttle,
overact,
overlay,
overspread,
Parthian shot,
parting shot,
pass off on,
pass the buck,
paste,
perverted,
phony,
pick up speed,
pinchbeck,
place,
play,
play a part,
play a scene,
play on,
play possum,
playact,
pontificate,
pose,
posed,
premiere,
prescribe for,
present,
press in,
presume upon,
pretend,
pretended,
pretense,
pretension,
preview,
produce,
profess,
prunes and prisms,
pseudo,
public image,
pull,
push in,
put,
put across,
put down,
put on airs,
put on side,
put on steam,
put over,
put upon,
put-down,
put-up job,
putting on airs,
quasi,
queer,
quicken,
quip,
race,
rag,
rally,
razz,
rev,
rib,
ride,
rip-off,
ritz it,
roast,
rude reproach,
rush in,
saddle with,
scenarize,
scoff,
screen,
scum,
scurrility,
self-styled,
sell,
set,
set the stage,
sham,
shield,
shift the blame,
shift the responsibility,
shoddy,
short answer,
show,
simulacrum,
simulate,
simulated,
slam,
slap,
slink in,
slip in,
slip on,
smash in,
sneak in,
so-called,
soi-disant,
speed up,
spoof,
spread over,
spurious,
squeeze in,
stage,
stake,
star,
steal in,
step on it,
step up,
storm in,
strike,
stultify,
stylishness,
subject to,
succeed,
superimpose,
superpose,
supposititious,
swank,
swell,
swell it,
swindle,
swipe,
synthetic,
take advantage of,
take on,
task,
taunt,
tax,
tease,
theatricalize,
throng in,
thrust in,
tin,
tinsel,
titivated,
trench,
trespass,
try out,
tug the heartstrings,
twisted,
twit,
unauthentic,
ungenuine,
unnatural,
unnaturalness,
unreal,
veil,
verbal thrust,
wager,
warped,
wear,
weight down with,
whited sepulcher,
work in,
work on,
worm in,
yoke with

Words containing 'put on'

Put,
Putting,
To put about,
To put by,
To put down,
To put in,
To put in for,
To put off,
To put on,
To put out,
To put over,
To put this and that,
To put through,
To put to,
To put to it,
To put up,
To put up to,
To put up with,
put about,
put down,
put in,
put it to,
put off,
put out,
put over,
put through,
put under,
put up,
put up to,
put up with,
put-put,
Put case,
Put-off,
Put-up,
Putting green,
Putting stone,
To put a case,
To put an end to,
To put away,
To put back,
To put forth,
To put forward,
To put in mind,
To put in pledge,
To put in possession,
To put into the chair,
To put out of court,
To put out to grass,
To put out to nurse,
To put the comether on,
To put the hand to,
To put the kibosh on,
To put the screw on,
To put the screws on,
To put to a stand,
To put to a stress,
To put to bed,
To put to death,
To put to flight,
To put to grass,
To put to nurse,
To put to rights,
To put to rout,
To put to sea,
To put to shame,
To put to the blush,
To put to the rack,
To put to the sword,
To put to trial,
To put to use,
To put together,
To put trust in,
To put under the screw,
To put under the screws,
To put up a job,
To put up the spout,
To put upon,
hard put,
off-putting,
put across,
put aside,
put away,
put back,
put differently,
put forth,
put forward,
put on airs,
put on the line,
put one over,
put option,
put out feelers,
put paid to,
put phut,
put right,
put something over,
put straight,
put to death,
put to rights,
put to sleep,
put to work,
put together,
put up job,
put up or shut up,
put upon,
put-down,
put-on,
putting iron,
putting surface,
putting to death,
shot put,
stay put,
Put-in-Bay,
Putting the hand under the thigh,
To put a rod in pickle,
To put a vessel into commission,
To put a vessel out of commission,
To put down one's staff,
To put forth the hand against,
To put on one's trumps,
To put one out of conceit with,
To put one's back up,
To put one's comether on,
To put one's foot down,
To put stress upon,
To put the Treasury into commission,
To put the cart before the horse,
To put the finishing hand to,
To put the hand unto,
To put the last hand to,
To put to one's trumps,
To put up one's staff,
put behind bars,
put one across,
put one on his feet,
put-upon,
Put-in-Bay, OH,
To put a spoke in one's wheel,
To put one one's mettle,
To put one's nose out of joint,
To put one's nose to the grindstone,
To put someone through one's paces,
To put the best foot foremost,
To put the great seal into commission,
To be put upon one's good behavior,
To put one's foot in one's mouth,
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany,
To put one's self upon the country

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Definition of 'put on'

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