Word Study
professed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective professed has 3 senses
- professed(s = adj.all) Array - professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"
- professed(s = adj.all) Array - claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
- professed(s = adj.all) avowed - openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
CIDE DICTIONARY
professed, a.
Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
professed, adj.
1 self-acknowledged (a professed Christian).
2 alleged, ostensible.
3 claiming to be duly qualified.
4 (of a monk or nun) having taken the vows of a religious order.
1 self-acknowledged (a professed Christian).
2 alleged, ostensible.
3 claiming to be duly qualified.
4 (of a monk or nun) having taken the vows of a religious order.
Derivative
professedly adv. (in senses 1, 2).
THESAURUS
professed
accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, announced, apparent, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested, authenticated, averred, avouched, avowed, certified, claimed, conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, declared, deposed, endorsed, enunciated, granted, hypocritical, in name only, manifestoed, notarized, ostensible, pledged, predicated, pretended, pretexted, pronounced, purported, ratified, received, recognized, sealed, self-styled, signed, so-called, specious, stamped, stated, supposed, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, underwritten, validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted, would-be
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