Synonyms of professing

professing

verb

present participle of profess

1

as in pretending

to present a false appearance of

professed friendship while secretly plotting revenge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretending
• assuming
• simulating
• feigning
• acting
• affecting
• passing (for)
• dissembling
• faking
• posing
• shamming
• counterfeiting
• concealing
• putting on
• forging
• bluffing
• masquerading
• playing
• imitating
• making believe
• impersonating
• disguising
• dissimulating
• masking
• camouflaging
• playacting
• letting on
• malingering
• feinting

2

as in declaring

to state clearly and strongly

the lonely woman professed her love in a series of letters to the soldier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• declaring
• asserting
• proclaiming
• announcing
• affirming
• saying
• averring
• explaining
• avowing
• guaranteeing
• promoting
• defending
• justifying
• laying down
• pronouncing
• upholding
• emphasizing
• advocating
• stressing
• advertising
• assuring
• convincing
• advancing
• publicizing
• underlining
• espousing
• underscoring
• championing
• avouching
• persuading
• blazing
• plugging
• boosting
• supporting
• calling
• reaffirming
• accentuating
• reasserting
• accenting
• rationalizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizing
• ignoring
• neglecting
• disregarding
• overlooking
• understating

3

as in insisting

to state as a fact usually forcefully

he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insisting
• alleging
• claiming
• declaring
• asserting
• maintaining
• contending
• proclaiming
• protesting
• affirming
• announcing
• purporting
• arguing
• averring
• avowing
• confirming
• defending
• putting forth
• warranting
• reasoning
• justifying
• broadcasting
• upholding
• vindicating
• avouching
• rationalizing
• persevering
• reaffirming
• supporting
• reasserting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• abandoning
• rejecting
• disclaiming
• repudiating
• questioning
• disavowing
• negating
• challenging
• disputing
• refuting
• disproving
• rebutting
• gainsaying
• contradicting
• disowning
• countering
• negativing
• confuting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of professing

In recent campaign communications, all three Democrats running to become the next governor of Kansas have cited internal data professing themselves to be leading their primary competition. — Matthew Kelly updated June 26, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026

Carolla then turned more serious, professing his lifelong love of the medium. — City News Service, Daily News, 28 May 2026

After professing an oath of faithfulness to observe the customs of the cathedral, the archbishop may place a hand upon it or kiss it. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026

The brothers discussed that game on their Einfach Mal Luppen podcast the week, with Toni professing a fondness for Dan Burn’s agricultural style. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026

Columbia Acting President Claire Shipman wrote in a morning email to students and faculty the Department of Homeland Security gained access to the Manhattan building by professing to be searching for a missing person. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026

In response, Carlson sent Goldberg a series of hostile texts professing ignorance and warning Goldberg not to make his criticism public. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026

Murph the Surf and two of his boys were collared two days later, professing that the goods were gone. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Texas pulled off an upset against in-state rival Texas A&M on Friday night in a thrilling 27-17 victory that had head coach Steve Sarkisian professing his 9-3 Longhorns should make the College Football Playoff. — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025