put on
Slip into clothes
Put on covers actions of placing something onto a surface or body.
You put on clothes, makeup, or glasses.
You put on a record or a show.
To put on weight is to gain it.
To put on airs is to behave pretentiously.
When someone is putting you on, they're teasing or deceiving you playfully: You're putting me on—that can't be true.
A put-on is a joke or hoax.
Carry on person
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- attirePersonal garments collectively
- garmentsArticles of clothing
- outfitSet of clothes worn together
ensemble · apparel · uniform · slip into · don · fashion · robe · gear
Not the real thing
sham · pose · front · charade · play-act · dissemble · pretend · exaggerate
Humorous statement seeking laughter
hoax · fool · trick · leg-pull · wind up · mock · spoof · gag
Raised performance platform
- actDeed or performance
- showMake something apparent
- theaterVenue for live drama
- playRecreation or staged drama
production · drama · audience · curtain · rehearsal · script · scene · spotlight
Positive return received
mass · bloat · expand · accumulate · heaviness · inflate · grow · thicken
Circuit-breaking toggle device
- startTo set going
- playRecreation or staged drama
- musicOrganized auditory art
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
kettle · record · television · radio · podcast · playlist · movie · appliance
Force acceptance of
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- encumberTo burden or hinder
- loadCarried weight or burden
- obligationRequired task or commitment
responsibility · pressure · strain · onus · liability · hardship · yoke · imposition
wear
Carry on person
outfit · ensemble · apparel · uniform · slip into · don · fashion · robe · gear · threads
fake
Not the real thing
act · sham · pose · front · charade · play-act · dissemble · pretend · exaggerate · deceive
joke
Humorous statement seeking laughter
prank · hoax · fool · trick · leg-pull · wind up · mock · spoof · gag · razz
stage
Raised performance platform
play · production · drama · audience · curtain · rehearsal · script · scene · spotlight · applause
gain
Positive return received
bulk · mass · bloat · expand · accumulate · heaviness · inflate · grow · thicken · obesity
switch
Circuit-breaking toggle device
light · kettle · record · television · radio · podcast · playlist · movie · appliance · heater
impose
Force acceptance of
obligation · responsibility · pressure · strain · onus · liability · hardship · yoke · imposition · inconvenience
- garment verbsdon, doff, dress, undress, wear
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, turn off, wait for, get up
- suiting updress up, gear up, don, equip, clothe
- insincerityinsincerity, phoniness, fakeness, falseness, pretense
- pretendingpretend, pretending, fake, feign, make-believe
- acting verbspretend, perform, portray, enact, play a role