Phrase guide

as though

conj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /əzˈðəʊ/
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conj

Meaning 1

As to suggest the idea that; as if, as would be true if.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I felt sick, as though I'd just eaten a dozen bad oysters.
  • She reached out, as though to touch my face.
  • It always seemed as though we'd get married.
  • You spend as though you were filthy rich, when you hardly make ends meet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَمَا لَو (kamā law) — as to suggest that
  • Arabic: كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna) — as to suggest that
  • Bulgarian: сякаш (sjakaš) — as to suggest that
  • Bulgarian: все едно (vse edno) — as to suggest that
  • Bulgarian: като че ли (kato če li) — as to suggest that
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仿佛 or 彷彿 /彷佛 (fǎngfú) — as to suggest that
  • Chinese Mandarin: 似乎 (sìhū) — as to suggest that
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好像 (hǎoxiàng) — as to suggest that
  • Dutch: alsof — as to suggest that
  • Esperanto: kvazaŭ — as to suggest that
  • Finnish: niin kuin — as to suggest that
  • French: comme si — as to suggest that
  • French: comme pour — as to suggest that
  • Galician: como se — as to suggest that
  • Georgian: თითქოს (titkos) — as to suggest that
  • Georgian: თითქოსდა (titkosda) — as to suggest that
  • German: als ob — as to suggest that
  • German: als wenn — as to suggest that
  • Greek: λες και (les kai) — as to suggest that
  • Gujarati: જાણે (jāṇe) — as to suggest that
  • Hungarian: mintha — as to suggest that
  • Ido: quaze — as to suggest that
  • Indonesian: seakan-akan — as to suggest that
  • Indonesian: seolah-olah — as to suggest that
  • Irish: amhail is — as to suggest that
  • Irish: ar nós dá — as to suggest that
  • Irish: ar nós mar — as to suggest that
  • Italian: come se — as to suggest that
  • Japanese: ...のようだ (maru-de...) — as to suggest that
  • Old English: swelċe — as to suggest that
  • Persian: انگار (engâr) — as to suggest that
  • Persian: مثل اینکه (mesl-e inke) — as to suggest that
  • Portuguese: como se — as to suggest that
  • Romanian: ca și cum — as to suggest that
  • Romanian: de parcă — as to suggest that
  • Romanian: de zici că — as to suggest that
  • Russian: как бу́дто (kak búdto) — as to suggest that
  • Russian: бу́дто (búdto) — as to suggest that
  • Russian: сло́вно (slóvno) — as to suggest that
  • Serbo-Croatian: као да — as to suggest that
  • Serbo-Croatian: као што — as to suggest that
  • Serbo-Croatian: kao da — as to suggest that
  • Serbo-Croatian: kao što — as to suggest that
  • Thai: เหมือน (mʉ̌ʉan) — as to suggest that
  • Thai: เหมือนกับว่า — as to suggest that
  • Thai: ราวกับ — as to suggest that
  • Thai: ราวกับว่า — as to suggest that
  • Tocharian B: ramt — as to suggest that
  • Turkish: -ca — as to suggest that
  • Turkish: -ça — as to suggest that
  • Turkish: -ce — as to suggest that
  • Turkish: -çe — as to suggest that
  • Turkish: -casına — as to suggest that
  • Yiddish: ווי (vi) — as to suggest that