Definition for Professed:

• Professedly.

Synonyms for Professed:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • professed.
  •alleged (adjective)
  • more purported,
  • more averred,
  • most purported,
  • de-scribed,
  • most averred,
  • more described,
  • de scribed,
  • most described.
  •demonstrating (adjective)
  • de-ictic,
  • deictic,
  • de ictic,
  • more deictic,
  • most deictic.
  •ostensible (adjective)
  • Semblant,
  • most semblant,
  • more semblant.
  •pretended (adjective)
  • masked,
  • Imposturous,
  • Impostrous.
  •promised (adjective)
  • Plighted.
  •seeming (adjective)
  • sur-face,
  • most appearing,
  • sur face,
  • more appearing,
  • more quasi-,
  • most quasi-.
  •so-called (adjective)
  • wrongly named,
  • itular,
  • soi-disant,
  • commonly named,
  • self-named.

• n.

  •
  • partial,
  • sympathetic,
  • supportive,
  • side,
  • affirmative,
  • Told,
  • pro,
  • positive,
  • approving,
  • announced.
  •
  • the jury is still out (on),
  • on the face of it,
  • not necessarily,
  • in theory,
  • on paper,
  • to all intents and purposes.
  •professed (noun)
  • professional.

• v.

  •affirmed (verb)
  • stated,
  • Contended,
  • expressed,
  • endorsed,
  • warranted,
  • affirmed,
  • assured,
  • validated,
  • ratified,
  • set down,
  • pledged,
  • accepted,
  • supported,
  • Testified,
  • corroborated,
  • certified,
  • maintained,
  • admitted,
  • verified,
  • pronounced,
  • attested,
  • Averred,
  • asserted,
  • Avouched,
  • Propounded,
  • sustained,
  • Submitted,
  • Adjured,
  • proclaimed,
  • approved,
  • Claimed.
  •believed (verb)
  • Assented,
  • presumed,
  • Believed,
  • trusted,
  • took for granted,
  • gave faith,
  • put faith in,
  • gathered,
  • understood,
  • Judged,
  • supposed,
  • assumed,
  • given faith,
  • Deemed,
  • Surmised,
  • concluded,
  • credited,
  • held,
  • taken for granted.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • so-called,
  • ostensibly.
  •
  • apparently.

Paraphrases for Professed:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    confessed, Testified, affirmed, recognised, acknowledged, asserted, declared, recognized, attested, Averred, accepted, Pleaded, Contended, alleged, admitted, Argued, Claimed, maintained, stated.
  • Verb, past participle
    expressed, proved, proven, reported, demonstrated, sworn, substantiated, supposed, pronounced, pretended, asserted, disclosed, declared, Advocated, spoken, Denominated, signified, articulated, Evinced, Shown, Explained, Manifested, Pleaded, ruled, Indicated, Contended, Phrased, alleged, committed, furnished, Argued, aired, Exhibited, voiced, decreed, evidenced, Deemed, signalled, Claimed, Judged, found, stated.

Antonyms for Professed:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    unable, inexperienced, unprofessional, rude, unskillful, ignorant, raw, amateurish, primitive, nonprofessional, jackleg, weak, inexpert, unfitted, green, crude, amateur, unschooled, would-be, ineffectual, untested, untaught, undeclared, ham-fisted, unqualified, incapable, untutored, ineffective, beginning, new, unfit, heavy-handed, untried, clumsy, Ungifted, awkward, untrained, incompetent, rough, unseasoned, inept, ham-handed, untalented, unpolished, artless, inefficient, unskilled.

Professed Sentence Examples:

• It will die, even though it be professed a thousand years.

• I do not deserve you should think so well of me as I really deserve, for I have not professed to you that I love you as much as ever I did; but you are the only person of my acquaintance, almost, that does not know it.