Synonyms of putting on

putting on

verb

present participle of put on

1

as in throwing (on)

to place on one's person

I put on a coat and shoes to go outside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throwing (on)
• slipping (on or into)
• donning
• rigging
• bundling up
• dressing
• clothing
• dolling up
• tricking
• apparelling
• suiting
• robing
• appareling
• uniforming
• attiring
• bedizening
• garbing
• bedecking
• arraying
• caparisoning
• overdressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taking off
• removing
• stripping
• doffing
• undressing
• disrobing

2

as in exaggerating

to describe or express in too strong terms

some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exaggerating
• playing up
• overdoing
• overstating
• overdrawing
• elaborating
• padding
• embroidering
• stretching
• embellishing
• hedging
• coloring
• magnifying
• melodramatizing
• overemphasizing
• sensationalizing
• overplaying
• fudging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizing
• understating
• belittling
• playing down

3

as in pretending

to present a false appearance of

put on a show of anger just for fun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretending
• passing (for)
• simulating
• assuming
• making believe
• affecting
• acting
• feigning
• professing
• counterfeiting
• bluffing
• letting on
• dissembling
• faking
• forging
• posing
• shamming
• concealing
• playing
• masquerading
• imitating
• masking
• impersonating
• camouflaging
• disguising
• dissimulating
• playacting
• malingering
• feinting