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Showing words for ALLEGED using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Alleged

alledge, alleged

6 Letter Words for Alleged

allege, eagled, galled, gealed, gelled

5 Letter Words for Alleged

aglee, allee, dalle, della, eagle, egall, galee, glade, glead, glede, gleed, ladle, ledge, legal

4 Letter Words for Alleged

aged, agee, alee, dale, deal, dele, dell, eale, edea, edge, egad, egal, elle, gade, gael, gale, gall, geal, geed, geld, gell, glad, gled, glee, lade, lead, leal, leda, lede, leed, lege

3 Letter Words for Alleged

ade, age, ald, ale, alg, all, dae, dag, dal, dea, dee, deg, del, dle, ead, eeg, eel, ela, eld, ell, gad, gal, ged, gee, gel, gld, lad, lag, ldg, ldl, lea, led, lee, leg, lld

Definitions for Alleged

[1] declared or stated to be as described; asserted: The alleged murderer could not be located for questioning.
[2] doubtful; suspect; supposed: The alleged cure-all produced no results when it was tested by reputable doctors.
[3] to assert without proof.
[4] to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert: to allege a fact.
[5] to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath.
[6] to plead in support of; offer as a reason or excuse.
[7] Archaic . to cite or quote in confirmation.
[8] stated or described to be such; presumed the alleged murderer
[9] dubious an alleged miracle
[10] to declare in or as if in a court of law; state without or before proof he alleged malpractice
[11] to put forward (an argument or plea) for or against an accusation, claim, etc
[12] archaic to cite or quote, as to confirm

Words related to Alleged

so-called, supposed, stated, purported, declared, pretended, suspect, professed, described, averred, dubious, ostensible, questionable, suspicious

Words nearby Alleged

allative, allay, allecret, allegation, allege, alleged, allegedly, allegheny, allegheny barberry, allegheny mountains, allegheny spurge

Origin of Alleged

1275–1325; Middle English alleg(g)en, probably < Old French aleguer (< Medieval Latin, Latin allēgāre to adduce in support of a plea; see allegation), conflated with Anglo-French, Old French aleg(i)er to justify, free, literally, to lighten (< Late Latin alleviāre; see alleviate); homonymous Middle English v. alleg(g)en, with literal sense of Old French aleg(i)er, replaced by allay in 16th cent.

Words that may be confused with Alleged

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, allegeaccuse, allege, charge

Other words from Alleged

un·al·leged , adjective
al·lege·a·ble , adjective
al·leg·er , noun
mis·al·lege , verb (used with object), mis·al·leged, mis·al·leg·ing.
pre·al·lege , verb (used with object), pre·al·leged, pre·al·leg·ing.
re·al·lege , verb (used with object), re·al·leged, re·al·leg·ing.

Word origin for Alleged

C14 aleggen, ultimately from Latin allēgāre to dispatch on a mission, from lēx law

Synonyms for Alleged

purported, so-called, stated, supposed, averred, declared, described, pretended, professed, suspect, dubious, ostensible, questionable, suspicious