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, 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. Bill Clinton:

   Some people want it to be about everything other than what they would do when they are president, i think it really matters that people tell you what they will do and how they intend to do it, not just in broad stokes but in details. How are you the voters supposed to make up your minds?

2. Saleh Hadad:

   We have nothing left to sell, where are we supposed to go?

3. Anthony Burgess:

   We are supposed to be the children of Seth; but Seth is too much of an effete nonentity to deserve ancestral regard. No, we are the sons of Cain, and with violence can be associated the attacks on sound, stone, wood and metal that produced civilization.

4. Though Bush:

   I've had 62 years of life that's been jammed into my DNA that when someone asks you a question, you're supposed to answer it, in my time as governor, we had lively conversations with people in the press, and I didn't do a little you know kabuki dance around it, I took 'em on. Even our friends from the other teams, they come, I don't care, bring it on baby.

5. Brittany Dean:

   I guess some people may look at it [and say], ‘These people are crazy,’ but I mean, your wedding day is supposed to be fun and you’re supposed to enjoy it, and we both love the horror movie franchises and it just worked really well with us.