1
[ adjective ] claimed with intent to deceive

Examples

"his professed intentions"

Related terms

declared

2
[ adjective ] professing to be qualified

Examples

"a professed philosopher"

Related terms

professional

3
[ adjective ] openly declared as such

Synonyms

avowed

Examples

"an avowed enemy" "her professed love of everything about that country" "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"

Related terms

declared

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Rhymes with

protest confessed pressed attest manifest rest wrest possessed obsessed oppressed addressed recessed abreast unrest breast brest crest infest dressed slugfest pest undressed impressed suppressed processed repressed contest congest compressed suggest expressed dispossessed stressed vest molest unaddressed unprocessed unimpressed divest recessed chest jest protest coalesced divest arrest request behest digest distressed nest test lest guessed guest zest best west northwest depressed ingest detest invest budapest request blessed blest quest goldcrest southwest backrest armrest headrest bequest alkahest detest houseguest digest midwest contest incest bucharest inquest conquest bucharest

Phonetic and Homophones

P R AH0 F EH1 S T

Similar Spelling

professedly profess professor profession professing profuse professorial professional profusely Propes proposed profuseness prepossess preface

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