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

Matched Categories

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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How to use purport in a sentence?

1. Michael Caster:

   To purport that Peter was 'planted' in China by foreign forces is part of a trend by Chinese authorities of blaming 'hostile foreign forces' for domestic grievances.

2. Claude Arnold:

   That's a scheme where institutions purport to be schools, but are really not doing any education whatsoever, any scheme where someone gains access to the U.S. through fraud is also a national security vulnerability.

3. Chuck Lovell:

   These events late at night, they purport to have a racial justice nexus, but they're not that. They're about violence and criminal destruction. They're really hurting our community and we all deserve better.

4. Lysander Spooner:

   Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions authorize. But this consent of 'the people' exists only in theory. It has no existence in fact. Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.

5. Defence Department spokesman Bill Urban:

   These excessive maritime claims are inconsistent with international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention in that they purport to restrict the navigation rights that the United States and all states are entitled to exercise, no claimants were notified prior to the transit, which is consistent with our normal process and international law.