Synonyms for contrived
adj overly plannedAntonyms for contrived
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artificial
adjective. pretended; affected
false
adjective. fake, counterfeit
- adulterated
- alloyed
- artificial
- assumed
- bent
- bogus
- brummagem
- bum
- colored
- contrived
- copied
- crock
- deceptive
- disguised
- ersatz
- fabricated
- factitious
- feigned
- fishy
- forged
- framed
- hollow
- imitation
- made-up
- make-believe
- manufactured
- meretricious
- mock
- ostensible
- phony
- pretended
- pseudo
- seeming
- shady
- sham
- simulated
- snide
- so-called
- spurious
- substitute
- synthetic
- unreal
- wrong
faux
adjective. artificial
forced
adjective. compulsory, strained
la-di-da
adjective. affected
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- hammy
- high falutin'
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- mannered
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put-on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.