Synonyms for supposed
səˈpoʊzd, -ˈpoʊ zɪdsup·posed

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1. supposed

   Synonyms:
   conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, reported, supposititious, theoretical, unreal, untrue, visionary

   Antonyms:
   actual, authentic, certain, demonstrable, developed, essential, genuine, positive, real, substantial, true, unquestionable, veritable

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1. supposed(p)adjective

   required or under orders

   "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"

   Antonyms:
   empirical, empiric, unquestionable, likely, unobligated, probable

2. supposed(a)adjective

   mistakenly believed

   "the supposed existence of ghosts"

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable, empirical, likely, empiric, probable, unobligated

3. alleged(a), so-called, supposedadjective

   doubtful or suspect

   "these so-called experts are no help"

   Antonyms:
   unobligated, unquestionable, likely, empirical, empiric, probable

4. conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititiousadjective

   based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

   "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

   Synonyms:
   hypothetic, so-called, supposititious, conjectural, sibylline, supposed(a), divinatory, suppositional, mantic, supposed(p), hypothetical, sibyllic, vatical, suppositious, vatic, alleged(a)

   Antonyms:
   probable, likely, empirical, unobligated, empiric, unquestionable

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1. supposedadjective

   Synonyms:
   assumed, presumed, putative

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1. List of paraphrases for "supposed":

   alleged, presumed, assumed, so-called, purported

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1. David Mazie:

   This is not a situation where we want people to be worried about and not to proceed with donating bone marrow, the case is about an anesthesiologist who didn't do what Derrick Nelson was supposed to do. This doctor didn't do his job.

2. Samaritan Women:

   I didn't know I was in hell, i thought it was just life. Over those years I was held hostage, shot at, beaten with a pistol. And somewhere in my sick mind I thought this is how life is supposed to be.

3. Ben Duke:

   Everybody is calling me a hero, but I can’t imagine the other outcome, i just did what you are supposed to do in this situation.

4. Leia Lowery:

   We kind of felt like it was sort of an epic journey for them in that all of it was so metaphorically perfect. This boat went completely against what it was supposed to do … and then all of a sudden it ended up where it was supposed to go.

5. Max Miller:

   I've sat in these rooms with these animals—these congressmen and congresswomen, the senators and governors when they come to town, and I've watched how they forgot about everyone who they're supposed to represent, they don't represent them at all—they represent their own interest.