purported
adjectiveHow many syllables in purported?
There are 3 syllables in the word purported.How to pronounce purported:
Definition of purported:
- purported (adjective):
- reputed, alleged
- seeming as opposed to real
Synonyms for purported:
a priori
alleged
apparent
conjectural
deducible
deductive
derivable
feigned
hypothetical
inferable
inferential
inferrible
nominal
ostensible
pretended
professed
speculative
supposed
suppositional
theoretic
theoretical
titular
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- counteract
- conjointly
- chimney-piece
- matrices
- lazarette
- refulgent
- decimate
- admonished
- addicting
- unsocial
- over-sweet
- biennial
- stouthearted
- open-stack
- venturous
- ostracized
- neighborly
- empowered
- wordiness
- Tangiers
- positioned
- malfunctioned
- glassmaker
- contrition
- appearing
- heartening
- disinter
- Somali
- condenses
- concluding
- spluttering
- untwisted
- benighted
- fulminate
- waterfowl
- unrightly
- overpriced
- journeying
- iciness
- encumbant
- reserval
- newsagent
- replying
- artistic
- transmitter
- needlessly
- allow in
- unfastened
- cunningly
- strategic
- … more
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