Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of suppose
- not comparableAlleged; assumed.
Elvis is the supposed king of rock and roll.
2 more examples
The people were averse to him, as the supposed author of the violence on the monasteries; establishments which were still revered and beloved by the commonalty.
1759, David Hume, “[Henry VIII.] Chapter XXXII.”, in The History of England, under the House of Tudor. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 239Many criticisms have been made of prophylactic external cephalic version based on the supposed dangers of the manipulation.
1936 November 28, “Prognosis in Prophylactic External Cephalic Version”, in The Lancet, page 1285Synonyms: reputed
- idiomaticnot comparableOnly used in supposed to
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAlleged; assumed.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverequired or under orders
adjectivemistakenly believed
adjectivedoubtful or suspect
adjectivebased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian предполагаем
- предполагаем (predpolagaem)presumed to be true, but without proof
Catalan suposat
- suposatpresumed to be true, but without proof
Dutch vermeend
- vermeendpresumed to be true, but without proof
Finnish oletettu, otaksuttu
- oletettupresumed to be true, but without proof
- otaksuttupresumed to be true, but without proof
German vermeintlich
- vermeintlichpresumed to be true, but without proof
Polish przypuszczalny, domniemany
- przypuszczalnypresumed to be true, but without proof
- domniemanypresumed to be true, but without proof
- rzekomypresumed to be true, but without proof
Portuguese suposto
- supostopresumed to be true, but without proof
Spanish supuesto, pretenso
- supuestopresumed to be true, but without proof
- pretensopresumed to be true, but without proof
Swedish förmodad, påstådd
- förmodadpresumed to be true, but without proof
- påståddpresumed to be true, but without proof
- förmentpresumed to be true, but without proof
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with supposed
Cite this entry
supposed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supposed
“supposed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supposed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supposed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supposed.
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