Synonyms of purporting

purporting

verb

present participle of purport

1

as in intending

to have in mind as a purpose or goal

do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intending
• planning
• hoping
• trying
• going
• aiming
• looking
• proposing
• contemplating
• meaning
• wishing
• attempting
• designing
• aspiring
• calculating
• allowing
• purposing
• meditating
• considering
• endeavoring
• figuring on
• struggling
• striving
• debating
• dreaming
• plotting
• pondering
• effecting
• performing
• achieving
• executing
• accomplishing
• mulling (over)
• scheming

2

as in alleging

to state as a fact usually forcefully

he purports to be an expert in criminalistics

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of purporting

Pictures posted online purporting to show the site of the arrest showed several shirtless men handcuffed, sitting on the ground. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026

According to investigators, the 19-year-old victim responded to a Craigslist ad purporting to look for an overnight babysitter on July 27, 2016. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

The film depicts the world’s richest man as petty, narcissistic, megalomaniacal, cruel, detached from humans at a personal level (including various ex-partners and many of his children) while purporting to want to save humanity by colonizing Mars. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

Fars later posted videos and images purporting to show the vessel out of the water. — Anniek Bao,spencer Kimball,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

In footage released by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, purporting to show the aftermath of a US strike, heavy smoke can be seen hanging in the air above rubble on the ground. — Zachary Cohen, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Those included letters from immigration authorities, Social Security cards and a Defense Department letter purporting to say the immigrants were enrolled in military health coverage. — Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Some catalytic event—a Reichstag Fire analogue, or another January 6, or a bogus declassification purporting to show foreign hackers changing votes—could be used to manufacture a phony rationale for emergency action. — James Robenalt, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026

Trump is purporting to follow the letter of the War Powers Resolution while mocking its spirit. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 July 2026