Synonyms for purport
pərˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrtpur·port

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1. purport

   Synonyms:
   tendency, meaning, import, bearing, signification, drift, tenor, current, intent, spirit

   Antonyms:
   statement, assertion, declaration, proposition, announcement

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1. intent, purport, spiritnoun

   the intended meaning of a communication

   Synonyms:
   intention, aim, liveliness, smell, design, flavour, disembodied spirit, sprightliness, feel, flavor, look, spirit, drift, feeling, heart, life, intent, emotional state, tone, purpose

2. drift, purportverb

   the pervading meaning or tenor

   "caught the general drift of the conversation"

   Synonyms:
   trend, impetus, movement, heading, spirit, impulsion, gallery, intent, drift

3. purportverb

   have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming

   "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

   Synonyms:
   propose, purpose, aim

4. aim, purpose, purport, proposeverb

   propose or intend

   "I aim to arrive at noon"

   Synonyms:
   suggest, aim, shoot for, place, pop the question, draw a bead on, aspire, drive, advise, declare oneself, take aim, project, propose, resolve, direct, train, get, take, target, calculate, nominate, point, purpose, offer

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1. • Claim

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1. purportnoun

   Synonyms:
   design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit

2. purportverb

   Synonyms:
   intend, mean, signify, import

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1. purportnoun

   Synonyms:
   meaning, signification, import

2. purportverb

   Synonyms:
   mean, intend, signify, import

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1. List of paraphrases for "purport":

   thrust

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1. Mayor Frey:

   I heard a lot of White activists purport to be speaking on behalf of communities of color. And I was listening to them — listening to communities of color — and they weren't saying the same things, i'd walk down the street and I'd hear from White people,' Defund the police ! Defund the police !' And then I'd hear from a Black person a half block later,' Hey, we really need to have some additional help.'.

2. Claude Arnold:

   That's a scheme where institutions purport to be schools, but are really not doing any education whatsoever.

3. Bernd Osterloh:

   Here in Wolfsburg, some people purport to know what kind of cars Brazilians, Americans or people in India like to drive, strange then, how some of these cars don't then seem to meet customers' taste.

4. Memory Kachambwa:

   You can not speak from both corners of your mouth and apply double standards as you purport to speak for women, it is absurd to aspire to do so when your utterances and actions are heavily sexist and objectify the very same women you claim to speak for. And in any case, who said women can not speak for themselves ?

5. Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown:

   When President Donald Trump initiate a conversation and President Donald Trump purport that conversation to be about racism and policing in America, and President Donald Trump fail to include the top three law enforcement officials in an area where President Donald Trump are speaking -- I think that that says a lot, and that causes one to raise the brow.