Meanings
- As to suggest the idea that; as if, as would be true if.
She reached out, as though to touch my face.
5 more examples
I felt sick, as though I'd just eaten a dozen bad oysters.
It always seemed as though we'd get married.
You spend as though you were filthy rich, when you hardly make ends meet.
But the tall tower, with its four- faced clock, rose as majestically and uncompromisingly as though the land had never been subjugated.
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLCSynonyms: like
Synonyms & antonyms
conjunctionAs to suggest the idea that; as if, as would be true if.
Translations
Arabic كَمَا لَو, كَأَنَّ
- كَمَا لَو (kamā law)as to suggest that
- كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna)as to suggest that
Bulgarian сякаш, все едно
- сякаш (sjakaš)as to suggest that
- все едно (vse edno)as to suggest that
- като че ли (kato če li)as to suggest that
Chinese Mandarin 仿佛 or 彷彿 /彷佛, 似乎
- 仿佛 or 彷彿 /彷佛 (fǎngfú)as to suggest that
- 似乎 (sìhū)as to suggest that
- 好像 (hǎoxiàng)as to suggest that
Dutch alsof
- alsofas to suggest that
Esperanto kvazaŭ
- kvazaŭas to suggest that
Finnish niin kuin
- niin kuinas to suggest that
French comme si, comme pour
- comme sias to suggest that
- comme pouras to suggest that
German als ob, als wenn
- als obas to suggest that
- als wennas to suggest that
Greek λες και
- λες και (les kai)as to suggest that
Hungarian mintha
- minthaas to suggest that
Indonesian seakan-akan, seolah-olah
- seakan-akanas to suggest that
- seolah-olahas to suggest that
Irish amhail is, ar nós dá
- amhail isas to suggest that
- ar nós dáas to suggest that
- ar nós maras to suggest that
Italian come se
- come seas to suggest that
Japanese ...のようだ
- ...のようだ (maru-de...)as to suggest that
Persian انگار, مثل اینکه
- انگار (engâr)as to suggest that
- مثل اینکه (mesl-e inke)as to suggest that
Polish jakby, tak jakby
- jakbyas to suggest that
- tak jakbyas to suggest that
- jak gdybyas to suggest that
- jakas to suggest that
Portuguese como se
- como seas to suggest that
Romanian ca și cum, de parcă
- ca și cumas to suggest that
- de parcăas to suggest that
- de zici căas to suggest that
Russian как бу́дто, бу́дто
- как бу́дто (kak búdto)as to suggest that
- бу́дто (búdto)as to suggest that
- сло́вно (slóvno)as to suggest that
Thai เหมือน, เหมือนกับว่า
- เหมือน (mʉ̌ʉan)as to suggest that
- เหมือนกับว่าas to suggest that
- ราวกับas to suggest that
- ราวกับว่าas to suggest that
Turkish -ca, -ça
- -caas to suggest that
- -çaas to suggest that
- -ceas to suggest that
- -çeas to suggest that
- -casınaas to suggest that
Yiddish ווי
- ווי (vi)as to suggest that
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with as though
All rhymes →Cite this entry
as though. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20though
“as though.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20though. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “as though,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20though.
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