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Definitions for Profess

[1] to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
[2] to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction.
[3] to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).
[4] to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession or business.
[5] to teach as a professor: She professes comparative literature.
[6] to receive or admit into a religious order.
[7] to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.
[8] to take the vows of a religious order.
[9] to affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledge to profess ignorance ; to profess a belief in God
[10] (tr) to claim (something, such as a feeling or skill, or to be or do something), often insincerely or falsely to profess to be a skilled driver
[11] to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows

Words related to Profess

feign, pretend, stump, affirm, confess, acknowledge, proclaim, admit, avow, claim, predicate, certify, purport, depose, avouch, confirm, own, state, spiel, croon

Words nearby Profess

profane, profanity, profascist, profeminist, profert, profess, professed, professedly, profession, professional, professional association

Origin of Profess

1400–50; late Middle English; back formation from professed

Other words from Profess

pre·pro·fess , verb (used with object)
un·pro·fess·ing , adjective

Word origin for Profess

C14: from Latin prōfitērī to confess openly, from pro- 1 + fatērī to confess

Synonyms for Profess

acknowledge, admit, affirm, avow, confess, feign, pretend, proclaim, stump, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avouch, certify, claim, confirm, croon, depose, dissemble, fake, maintain, own, predicate, purport, sing, spiel, spout, state, vouch, act as if, blow hot air, come out, constate, cross heart, get off chest, get on soapbox, make out, open up, own up, say so, soapbox, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big