Profess Synonyms and Antonyms

prə-fĕs, prō-
To claim or allege insincerely or falsely
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. feign
  2. pretend

Words Related to Profess

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Profess Sentence Examples

  • I don't profess to be a believer, but I'd like to think I have an open mind.

  • They profess Christianity, and speak a language closely resembling that of the Sagai Tatars.

  • Modern equity, it need hardly be said, does not profess to soften the rigour of the law, or to correct the errors into which it falls by reason of its generality.

  • The Kalmucks and other Mongolic tribes are Lamaists (20,300), and some of the Kurds profess the peculiar tenets of the Yezids.

  • If he profess, however, to create a tenancy for a period longer than that to which his own interest extends, he does not thereby give to his tenant an interest available against the reversioner or remainder man.

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