Synonyms for alleged


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-lejd, uh-lej-id
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɛdʒd, əˈlɛdʒ ɪd

Top 10 synonyms for alleged Other synonyms for the word alleged

Définition of alleged

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "quoted," past participle adjective from allege. Attested from 1610s in sense of "brought forth in court;" 1670s as "asserted but not proved."
  • adj asserted, often doubtful
Example sentences :
  • But let us pass from scientific speculations to alleged scientific facts.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • Each day he alleged the necessity of conferring with the woman.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The booth was decorated with some of his alleged masterpieces.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • Of the two, it was alleged that it was better to preserve the one, at Paris.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • Grievances of Ireland, examination of the alleged, 701the true, 708.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
  • It is alleged that the last 1,000 votes should not be counted.
  • Extract from : « The Electoral Votes of 1876 » by David Dudley Field
  • Should I have acted thus if I had been upon such an errand as is alleged?
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The only justification they alleged was that your governor had authorised this conduct.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • There is, it may be alleged, a native as well as an acquired taste.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
  • One word as to the alleged "intolerance of the fanatic Orangemen of Belfast."
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

Antonyms for alleged

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