Purported

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Assumed to be such; supposed: the purported author of the story.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Supposed, or assumed to be.
  • adj. Normally assumed to be.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of purport.
  • Word Usage
    "Fisher describes the union's offer as a bailout to cover what he labelled "purported losses" by the league that have "never been proven.""
    Verb Form
    purported    purporting    purports   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    significance    signification    import    meaning    claim   
    Form
    purported    purporting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    meaning    import    tenor    disguise    covering   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Court    Dort    Mort    Porte    Stuart   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts