Synonyms for Professed:
adj.
•avowed (adjective)declared, announced, acknowledged, stated, Told, pledged.
n.
positive, Told, affirmative, sympathetic, announced, side, approving, supportive, pro, partial. not necessarily, to all intents and purposes, ostensibly, apparently, in theory, on paper, the jury is still out (on), on the face of it. •professed (noun)declared, professional, avowed.
v.
•affirmed (verb)attested, validated, endorsed, warranted, approved, assured, verified, stated, proclaimed, Submitted, supported, accepted, ratified, asserted, pledged, promised, corroborated, affirmed, declared, Adjured, certified, Propounded, expressed, maintained, Claimed, Testified, Averred, Avouched, Contended, admitted, set down, acknowledged, sustained, pronounced.
•believed (verb)
understood, Assented, presumed, credited, gave faith, taken for granted, given faith, Deemed, held, concluded, put faith in, Surmised, assumed, Believed, took for granted, supposed, gathered, Judged, trusted.
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Usage examples for professed
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Of himself, he says: 'Though I could sin with delight and ease, and take pleasure in the villanies of my companions, even then, if I saw wicked things done by them that professed goodness, it would make my spirit tremble. – Bunyan by James Anthony Froude
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Others were violently against her, and could not see, so they professed a shadow of doubt in the case from first to last. – The Queen Against Owen by Allen Upward