Synonyms of pseudo

pseudo

adjective

ˈsü-(ˌ)dō 

as in mock

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

the pseudo friendliness of a salesperson trying to sell you something

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mock
• fake
• false
• strained
• unnatural
• mechanical
• artificial
• simulated
• phoney
• exaggerated
• affected
• phony
• bogus
• plastic
• forced
• assumed
• contrived
• theatrical
• theatric
• sham
• spurious
• factitious
• feigned
• cute
• pretended
• hollow
• automatic
• empty
• formal
• unreal
• put-on
• calculated
• manufactured
• pat
• conventional
• deliberate
• fabricated
• hypocritical
• unrealistic
• unauthentic
• stiff
• wooden
• insincere
• histrionic
• facile
• melodramatic
• canned
• hokey
• unctuous
• labored
• conscious
• rigid
• stylized
• concocted
• cultivated
• mealy
• impersonal
• genteel
• two-faced
• mincing
• mealymouthed
• cutesy
• studied
• premeditated
• artful
• simpering
• inflexible
• left-handed
• overdone
• double-dealing
• goody-goody
• overrefined
• overacted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genuine
• real
• natural
• spontaneous
• true
• authentic
• unaffected
• realistic
• artless
• bona fide
• right
• sincere
• honest
• smooth
• ingenuous
• easy
• unfeigned
• unforced
• uncontrived
• impromptu
• effortless
• unconscious
• instinctive
• impulsive
• extemporaneous
• unpretending
• unstudied
• unrehearsed
• unprompted

Examples of pseudo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Snooping around the fancy Manodrome mansion — where other lost souls feel a sense of pseudo-familial support — Ralphie finds a gun in Dan’s desk drawer (likely stashed there by Chekhov). —Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023

Sure, Faith Family plays a pseudo-national schedule, with 11 of its first 26 games against out-of-state teams. —Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023

In the show, which is directed by Burnham, Berlant performs a pseudo-biographical monologue about her journey as an actor. —Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2023

Democrats hate that Medicare Advantage has been available as a pseudo-private alternative to original Medicare’s single-payer arrangement. —Casey B. Mulligan, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022