1. (

• apparent ,
• ostensible ,
• seeming

) appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty" ;

2. (

• ostensible ,
• ostensive

) represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" ;