Need another word that means the same as “supposed”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “supposed” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Supposed” are: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, alleged, so-called, apparent, seeming, putative, reputed, purported, ostensible, specious
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “supposed” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| alleged | Declared but not proved. Alleged abuses of housing benefits. |
| apparent | Appearing as such but not necessarily so. It became apparent that he was talented. |
| conjectural | Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. The evidence was deemed too conjectural. |
| divinatory | Being or having the nature of a god-J.G.Frazier-J.G.Saxe. The high priest s divinatory pronouncement. |
| hypothetic | Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. Hypothetical situation. |
| hypothetical | Based on or serving as a hypothesis. Hypothetical situation. |
| ostensible | Represented or appearing as such; pretended. His ostensible purpose was charity his real goal popularity. |
| purported | Appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged. The purported marriage was void. |
| putative | Generally considered or reputed to be. The foundling s putative father. |
| reputed | Widely known and well thought of. A reputed budget of 165 million. |
| seeming | Giving the impression of having a specified quality. His seeming honesty. |
| so-called | Doubtful or suspect. |
| specious | Superficially plausible, but actually wrong. A specious argument. |
| suppositional | Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. |
| suppositious | Based on assumption rather than fact. Suppositious reconstructions of dead languages. |
| supposititious | Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. The supposititious heir to the throne. |
| alleged | Declared but not proved- Wall Street Journal. Alleged abuses of housing benefits. |
| appear | Appear as a character on stage or appear in a play etc. Did your latest book appear yet. |
| assumed | Adopted in order to deceive. A man living under an assumed name. |
| call | A direction in a square dance given by the caller. The linesman called the ball wide. |
| declared | Declared as fact explicitly stated. Despite the company s declared good intentions some remained sceptical. |
| disbelief | Inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real. Laura shook her head in disbelief. |
| doubtful | Unsettled in mind or opinion. They were doubtful that the cord would hold. |
| farfetched | (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing. A farfetched excuse. |
| fictitious | Formed or conceived by the imagination. A fictitious address. |
| hypothetical | A hypothetical proposition or statement. Officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals. |
| implausible | Highly imaginative but unlikely. Gave the teacher an implausible excuse. |
| impossible | Not able to occur, exist, or be done. An impossible dream. |
| improbable | Too improbable to admit of belief. An improbable event. |
| incredible | Very good; wonderful. At incredible speed. |
| incredulity | Doubt about the truth of something. He stared down the street in incredulity. |
| incredulous | (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something. An incredulous gasp. |
| ostensible | Appearing as such but not necessarily so. The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint. |
| presumptive | Of the nature of a presumption; presumed in the absence of further information. A strong presumptive case is made out. |
| putative | Generally considered or reputed to be. The putative author of the book. |
| questionable | Doubtful as regards truth or validity. A fire of questionable origin. |
| scenario | A setting, in particular for a work of art or literature. The scenario is World War Two. |
| seem | Seem to be true probable or apparent. It seems that he is very gifted. |
| sham | Pretend to be or to be experiencing. The opossum escapes danger by shamming dead. |
| stated | Declared as fact explicitly stated. The stated aim of the programme. |
| theoretical | Concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations. The training is practical rather than theoretical. |
| unbelievable | Not able to be believed; unlikely to be true. Your audacity is unbelievable. |
| unconvincing | Not convincing. She felt the lie was unconvincing. |
| unlikely | Has little chance of being the case or coming about. Legislation on the question is highly unlikely. |
| unreliable | Dangerously unstable and unpredictable. Unreliable information. |
| unthinkable | Incapable of being conceived or considered. It was unthinkable that John could be dead. |
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