Synonyms of as though

as though

conjunction

as in like

the way it would be or one would do if

the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• like
• as if
• as

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of as though

They were stunned to see her show up without her owner, but Missy acted as though nothing was out of the ordinary. —Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026

Such experiments often began with a clearing of the ground, as though a college’s main function should be to get out of the way of the natural creativity and intellectual curiosity of its students. —Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 19 Apr. 2026

The structure feels as though it were built by a blobitecture-loving parent, then inherited by a child obsessed with the clean lines of mid-century design. —Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026

This isn’t alt-country so much as death-rattle country, as though Grigoroff and Adducci took Hank Williams’ most wincingly lonesome numbers as a starting point but figured the tempos were a little too fast. —Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026