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.
  •nominal (adjective)
  • more selfstyled,
  • self styled,
  • most selfstyled,
  • most self-styled,
  • more puppet,
  • selfstyled,
  • most self styled,
  • most puppet,
  • more self-styled,
  • more self styled.
  •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.