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Definitions for Professed

[1] avowed; acknowledged.
[2] professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.
[3] having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.
[4] alleged; pretended.
[5] to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
[6] to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction.
[7] to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).
[8] to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession or business.
[9] to teach as a professor: She professes comparative literature.
[10] to receive or admit into a religious order.
[11] to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.
[12] to take the vows of a religious order.
[13] avowed or acknowledged
[14] alleged or pretended
[15] professing to be qualified as a professed philosopher
[16] having taken vows of a religious order
[17] to affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledge to profess ignorance ; to profess a belief in God
[18] (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
[19] to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows

Words related to Professed

stated, acknowledged, declared, told

Words nearby Professed

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

Origin of Professed

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

Other words from Professed

half-pro·fessed , adjective
non·pro·fessed , adjective
self-pro·fessed , adjective
un·pro·fessed , adjective
pre·pro·fess , verb (used with object)
un·pro·fess·ing , adjective

Word origin for Professed

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

Synonyms for Professed

stated, acknowledged, announced, declared, pledged, told