Synonyms of professed

1. profess, claim: usage: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"
2. profess, declare: usage: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"
3. concede, profess, confess, admit, acknowledge: usage: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
4. profess, declare: usage: state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
5. profess, accept, admit, take, take on: usage: receive into a religious order or congregation
6. profess, vow: usage: take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"
7. profess, pretend, claim: usage: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

1. professed(prenominal), professional (vs. nonprofessional): usage: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"
2. professed(prenominal), declared (vs. undeclared): usage: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
3. avowed(prenominal), professed(prenominal), declared (vs. undeclared): usage: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"