- putative, purported, reputed, supposed - commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth"
Antonym: unacknowledged (indirect, via acknowledged)
- think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
--1 is one way to think, believe, consider, conceive
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun reputation2, noun reputation1, noun reputation3, noun repute1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody