Purport Synonyms

pər-pôrt
Propose or intend
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. mean
  2. purpose
  3. indicate
  4. connotation
  5. core
  6. imply
  7. drift
  8. gist
  9. implication
  10. import
  11. aim
  12. intent
  13. intention
  14. maintain
  15. meaning
  16. object
  17. claim to be
  18. point
  19. profess
  20. rationale
  21. sense
  22. significance
  23. substance
  24. tenor
  25. thrust
  26. propose
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The gist of a specific action or situation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. meaning
  2. import
  3. significance
  4. intent
  5. idea
  6. drift
  7. point
  8. significancy
  9. spirit
The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. amount
  2. burden
  3. drift
  4. import
  5. substance
  6. tenor
The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. meaning
  2. aim
  3. burden
  4. drift
  5. intent
  6. substance
  7. tendency
  8. tenor
  9. thrust
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Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. substance

Purport Sentence Examples

  • But the trend of recent policy and purport of much recent legislation are against this view.

  • The use for which the pot was intended and the purport of the inscription have been much disputed, there being at least as many interpretations as there are words in the inscription.

  • Wilson remarks," notwithstanding the acknowledged purport of this worship, it is but justice to state that it is unattended in Upper India by any indecent or indelicate ceremonies, and it requires a rather lively imagination to trace any resemblance in its symbols to the objects they are supposed to represent."In spite, however, of its wide diffusion, and the vast number of shrines dedicated to it, the worship of Siva has never assumed a really popular character, especially in northern India, being attended with scarcely any solemnity or display of emotional spirit.

  • It was their traditions as to the purport of that teaching which he was concerned to preserve.

  • It may not be professional journalism, but it does n't purport to be.

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