Synonyms for putative
ˈpyu tə tɪvpu·ta·tive

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1. putativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   supposed, purported, reputed, ostensible

2. putativeadjective

   Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.

   Synonyms:
   ostensible, reputed, purported, supposed

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1. putative

   Synonyms:
   reckoned, supposed, deemed, reputed, reported

   Antonyms:
   real, authenticated, veritable, established

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1. putative(a)adjective

   purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

   "the foundling's putative father"; "the putative author of the book"

   Antonyms:
   unacknowledged

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1. putativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   reputed, supposed, commonly esteemed

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1. List of paraphrases for "putative":

   alleged, presumed, hypothetical, suspected

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1. Ian Bremmer:

   So I mean, how does this play out? This is all happening notwithstanding the fact that the putative leader of the Republican Party is the former president, who is continuing to argue day in and day out that Biden is an illegitimate president, i think it's very clear that you're going to see 2024 as a more significant political crisis for the United States than 2020 was.

2. Ullas Karanth:

   The report is merely a compilation of putative ‘tiger numbers for large areas’ put out by officials of various countries.

3. Lion Shahab:

   There are statistical techniques available to do this, for instance using time-series analysis, which attempt to link changes in a putative risk factor with changes in the outcome of interest over time. This was not done here, second, even if such a link were found, correlation does not imply causation.

4. Daniel Suneson:

   In a putative self-defence situation, the violence must still be proportionate. Here we have three people delivering kicks and punches to a person lying down, the three should be convicted of assault according to my description of events.

5. Lion Shahab:

   Firstly, this paper does not attempt to link the rise in mobile phone use with a rise in brain tumor incidence directly, there are statistical techniques available to do this, for instance using time-series analysis, which attempt to link changes in a putative risk factor with changes in the outcome of interest over time. This was not done here.