ostensible

Meaning

Adjective

• Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
• Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).

Related

Opposite words

• ulterior

Origin

• Borrowed from French ostensible, formed, with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostensus, the past participle of ostendō, itself from obs- (akin to ob- and to Ancient Greek ἐπί and Old English eofot) + tendō (akin to Ancient Greek τείνω). Cf. also Medieval Latin ostensibilis.