as though
Like it were
As though introduces a comparison to something hypothetical or contrary to fact, synonymous with as if.
It describes how something appears, feels, or behaves: She looked at me as though I'd lost my mind.
The phrase can follow verbs of seeming or acting: He acted as though nothing had happened.
It also introduces explanations framed as hypotheticals: It's as though the whole world has forgotten.
Comparable to, or enjoy
- as ifSuggesting something hypothetical
- resemblesAppears similar to
- figurativelyIn non-literal terms
- analogouslyIn a comparable manner
evokes · conjures · suggestive · metaphorically · poetically · symbolically · imagery · allegorically
Accept as true tentatively
- imagineForm mental pictures
- what ifWords introducing a hypothesis
- pretendAct as though
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
conjecture · speculation · assumption · possibility · fantasy · supposition · contingency · theoretical
like
Comparable to, or enjoy
- as ifSuggesting something hypothetical
- resemblesAppears similar to
- figurativelyIn non-literal terms
analogously · evokes · conjures · suggestive · metaphorically · poetically · symbolically · imagery · allegorically · emblematic
suppose
Accept as true tentatively
scenario · conjecture · speculation · assumption · possibility · fantasy · supposition · contingency · theoretical · projection
- conjunctionsand, but, or, for, nor
- subordinationsubordinate clause, dependent clause, subordination, relative clause, noun clause
- subordinatorsthat, if, because, although, while
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
- compound prepositionsaccording to, because of, due to, instead of, out of