All purported synonyms
pur·port·ed
P p adjective purported
- ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- nominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- claimed — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- maintained — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- impostrous — (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
noun purported
- messaged — Simple past tense and past participle of message.
- mattered — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- drifted — Simple past tense and past participle of drift.
- cored — the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds.
adj purported
- in name only — not in fact or in practice
- hypothetic — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- imposturous — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- alleged — An alleged fact has been stated but has not been proved to be true.
verb purported
- jived — swing music or early jazz.