Synonyms of puts on

puts on

verb

present tense third-person singular of put on

1

as in throws (on)

to place on one's person

I put on a coat and shoes to go outside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws (on)
• dons
• slips (on or into)
• rigs
• dresses
• tricks
• clothes
• suits
• bundles up
• uniforms
• robes
• attires
• apparels
• arrays
• bedecks
• garbs
• dolls up
• bedizens
• overdresses
• caparisons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• takes off
• removes
• strips
• doffs
• undresses
• disrobes

2

as in exaggerates

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

• exaggerates
• overdraws
• plays up
• overstates
• overdoes
• elaborates
• pads
• stretches
• embellishes
• embroiders
• colors
• hedges
• magnifies
• melodramatizes
• overemphasizes
• overplays
• fudges
• sensationalizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understates
• minimizes
• belittles
• plays down

3

as in pretends

to present a false appearance of

put on a show of anger just for fun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretends
• assumes
• simulates
• passes (for)
• affects
• makes believe
• acts
• lets on
• professes
• feigns
• dissembles
• poses
• bluffs
• shams
• counterfeits
• plays
• fakes
• conceals
• forges
• imitates
• dissimulates
• masquerades
• masks
• impersonates
• camouflages
• disguises
• playacts
• feints
• malingers