218 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ sˌə͡ʊkˈɔːld], [ sˌə‍ʊkˈɔːld], [ s_ˌəʊ_k_ˈɔː_l_d]

Similar words for so-called:

• all (adjective)
• alleged (adjective)
• false (adjective)
• mock (adjective)
• nominal (adjective)
• ostensible (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• pretended (adjective)
• quasi (adjective)
• sham (adjective)
• supposed (adjective)
• other relevant words (noun)
• questionable (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for so-called

Synonyms for So-called:

• adj.

  • all (adjective)
  • so-called.
  • alleged (adjective)
  • most described,
  • so called,
  • most averred,
  • most purported,
  • de-scribed,
  • more described,
  • socalled,
  • more purported,
  • more averred,
  • de scribed.
  • false (adjective)
  • seeming,
  • Crocker,
  • simulated,
  • snide.
  • mock (adjective)
  • more mimic,
  • more put on,
  • most faked,
  • more put-on,
  • most put-on,
  • dummiest,
  • more faked,
  • most puton,
  • more puton,
  • most mimic,
  • puton,
  • most put on,
  • dummier.
  • nominal (adjective)
  • most selfstyled,
  • selfstyled,
  • most self-styled,
  • self styled,
  • more self-styled,
  • most puppet,
  • more puppet,
  • most self styled,
  • more selfstyled,
  • more self styled.
  • ostensible (adjective)
  • most semblant,
  • Semblant,
  • more semblant.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • imitative,
  • sham,
  • purported,
  • self-styled,
  • in name only,
  • titular,
  • ostensible,
  • doubtful,
  • stated,
  • false,
  • commonly accepted,
  • alleged,
  • called,
  • pretended,
  • in effect only,
  • nominal,
  • as advertised,
  • quasi,
  • mock.
  • pretended (adjective)
  • Imposturous,
  • masked,
  • Impostrous.
  • quasi (adjective)
  • semi-,
  • pseudo-,
  • semi.
  • sham (adjective)
  • more plaster,
  • un truer,
  • mis leading,
  • most plaster,
  • un-truest,
  • mis-leading,
  • un truest,
  • un-truer.
  • supposed (adjective)
  • self-named.

• n.

  •
  • irrelevant,
  • usually supposed,
  • popularly supposed,
  • beside the point,
  • immaterial,
  • academic,
  • neither here nor there,
  • inappropriate,
  • a.k.a.,
  • allegedly,
  • unimportant,
  • extraneous,
  • marginal,
  • erroneously accepted as,
  • also known as,
  • wrongly named,
  • doubtfully called,
  • unrelated,
  • thus termed,
  • professed.
  •
  • broadly/generally speaking,
  • when all is said and done,
  • by definition,
  • something of the kind,
  • generally,
  • overall,
  • as a whole,
  • together,
  • in general,
  • by and large.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • supposed.
  • questionable (noun)
  • questionable.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • fictional,
  • faked,
  • represented,
  • sophistic,
  • self-appointed,
  • avowed,
  • diminutive,
  • outward,
  • bastard,
  • colored,
  • suspect,
  • purport,
  • designated,
  • nominative,
  • Titivated,
  • fallacious,
  • pretend,
  • Counterfeited,
  • conceivable,
  • formal,
  • fake,
  • styled,
  • kind of,
  • pinchbeck,
  • apparent,
  • putative,
  • misleading,
  • man-made,
  • suppositious,
  • Epithetic,
  • junky,
  • representational,
  • Cognominal,
  • fictive,
  • embellished,
  • surface,
  • affected,
  • supposititious,
  • known as,
  • casuistic,
  • misnamed,
  • warped,
  • described,
  • Claimed,
  • counterfeit,
  • pseudo,
  • Byname,
  • unreal,
  • shoddy,
  • ersatz,
  • bogus,
  • apocryphal,
  • dummy,
  • presumable,
  • plausible,
  • twisted,
  • queer,
  • asserted,
  • likely,
  • itular,
  • factitious,
  • conjectural,
  • artificial,
  • garbled,
  • superficial,
  • perverted,
  • assumed,
  • evident,
  • honorific,
  • embroidered,
  • specious,
  • Colorable,
  • hypocritical,
  • reputed,
  • hypothetical,
  • token,
  • imaginary,
  • synthetic,
  • make-believe,
  • unnatural,
  • soi-disant,
  • spurious,
  • presumed,
  • put on,
  • possible,
  • suspected,
  • commonly named,
  • quasi-,
  • unauthentic,
  • brummagem,
  • Propositional,
  • so to speak,
  • sort of,
  • phony,
  • imitation,
  • feigned,
  • illegitimate,
  • tin,
  • deceptive,
  • Falsified,
  • tinsel,
  • Hypocoristic,
  • fictitious,
  • distorted,
  • puppet,
  • untrue,
  • proposed,
  • ungenuine,
  • would-be,
  • pretexted,
  • theoretical.

Paraphrases for So-called:

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    call.
  • Proper noun, singular
    call, called, calls.
  • Noun, plural
    calls.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    call.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    above-mentioned, aforementioned, aforesaid, appointed, assumed, celebrated, designate, designated, fabled, famous, infamous, notorious, presumed, presumptive, pretended, pseudo, putative, qualified, reputed, supposed, suspected, well-known, would-be, Famed, NN, world-famous, pseudo-, wake-up, much-vaunted.
  • Proper noun, singular
    discuss.
  • Noun, plural
    claims, appeals, requests, statements, assumptions, allegations, cases, concerns, invitations, guys, comments, remarks, views, invitees, callouts.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    alleged, purported, self-appointed, self-styled, self-proclaimed.