Professed

/pɹəˈfɛst/

Synonyms for "professed" (81 found)

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Closest matches (17)

accepted acknowledged admitted affirmed alleged allowed announced apparent approved asserted asseverated attested

Verb(5 words)

Strong matches (24)

authenticated averred avouched avowed certified claimed conceded confessed confirmed countersigned declared deposed endorsed enunciated formal granted

Verb(7 words)

avow avowed claim claimed declare declared espoused

Adjective(1 words)

avowed

Related words (40)

hypocriticalin name onlymanifestoed nominal notarized ostensible pledged predicated pretended pretexted pronounced purport purported ratified received recognized sealed seeming self-styled signed

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so calledso-called specious stamped stated supposed swornsworn and affirmedsworn tounderwritten validated vouchedvouched forvowed warranted would-be

Verb(4 words)

maintain ostensible stated supposed

Related word relations

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More general

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adjectiveadjective modifierattributive sensecommunication description descriptor expressionspeech act

More specific

15 entries

alleged claimalleged identityapparent justificationassertion avowal belief claimclaimed attributedeclarationfeigned motiveintentostensible motivepolicy stancestated belief

Collocations

12 entries

profess allegianceprofess beliefprofess expertiseprofess faithprofess ignoranceprofess sincerityprofessed aimprofessed beliefprofessed identityprofessed intentionprofessed policyprofessed stance

Inflections

4 entries

more professedmost professedprofesses professing

Derivations

5 entries

profess professedly professedness professor professorship

similar

2 entries

declared professional

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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He professed to know nothing about it.

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He professed himself satisfied.

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I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any church that I know of.

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But when our fortune and our hopes declined, / the treacherous King the conqueror's cause professed, / and, false to faith, to friendship and to kind, / slew Polydorus, and his wealth possessed. / Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power attest!

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