put on

• POS: Noun Phrase, Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

put on

Parthian shot, 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, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

put on

Haste

VB haste, hasten, make haste, make a dash, hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward, hurry, skurry, scuttle along, barrel along, bundle on, dart to and fro, bustle, flutter, scramble, plunge, plunge headlong, dash off, rush, express, bestir oneself, lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant, make short work of, make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way, be precipitate, jump at, be in haste, be in a hurry, have no time, have not a moment to lose, have not a moment to spare, work against time, quicken, accelerate, expedite, put on, precipitate, urge, whip, railroad.

Punishment

VB punish, chastise, chasten, castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice, cowhide, lambaste, visit upon, pay, pay out, serve out, do for, make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of, have a rod in pickle for, give it one, strike, deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite, slap, slap the face, smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet, thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor, lace, lace one's jacket, dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue, beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly, give a black eye, tar and feather, pelt, stone, lapidate, masthead, keelhaul, execute, bring to the block, bring to the gallows, behead, decapitate, guillotine, decollate, hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter, shoot, decimate, burn, break on the wheel, crucify, empale, impale, flay, lynch, electrocute, gas, send to the gas chamber, torture, put on, put to the rack, picket, banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize, rusticate, drum out, dismiss, disbar, disbench, strike off the roll, unfrock, post, suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment, be flogged, be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty, be hanged, come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing, twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes, be rightly served, be electrocuted, fry, ride the lightning, face the firing squad.

Affectation

VB affect, act a part, put on, give oneself airs, boast, coquet, simper, mince, attitudinize, pose, flirt a fan, overact, overdo.

Clothing

VB invest, cover, envelope, lap, involve, inwrap, enwrap, wrap, fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up, overlap, sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest, vest, clothe, array, dress, dight, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter, rig, fit out, deck, perk, equip, harness, caparison, wear, don, put on, huddle on, slip on, mantle.

Velocity

VB move quickly, trip, fisk, speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle, scud, scuddle, scour, scour the plain, scamper, run like mad, beat it, fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush, cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel, scorch, burn up the track, rush, dash on, dash off, dash forward, bolt, trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom, march in quick time, march in double time, ride hard, get over the ground, hurry, accelerate, put on, quicken, quicken one's pace, mend one's pace, clap spurs to one's horse, make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way, put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score, carry sail, crowd sail, go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground, outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind, keep up with, keep pace with, outstrip, outmarch.

Falsehood

VB be false, be a liar, speak falsely, tell a lie, lie, fib, lie like a trooper, swear false, forswear, perjure oneself, bear false witness, misstate, misquote, miscite, misreport, misrepresent, belie, falsify, pervert, distort, put a false construction upon (misinterpret), prevaricate, equivocate, quibble, palter, palter to the understanding, repondre en Normand, trim, shuffle, fence, mince the truth, beat about the bush, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose, garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to, give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon, color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider, varnish right and puzzle wrong, exaggerate, blague, invent, fabricate, trump up, get up, force, fake, hatch, concoct, romance, cry 'wolf!', dissemble, dissimulate, feign, assume, put on, pretend, make believe, play possum, play false, play a double game, coquet, act a part, play a part, affect, simulate, pass off for, counterfeit, sham, make a show of, malinger, say the grapes are sour, cant, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham, faire pattes de velours, put on the mask, clean the outside of the platter, lie like a conjuror, hand out false colors, hold out false colors, sail under false colors, commend the poisoned chalice to the lips, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, deceive.