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Synonyms and Antonyms of putative
appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed the putative reason for her dismissal was poor job performance Synonyms of putative assumed, evident, ostensible, ostensive, presumed, prima facie, apparent, reputed, seeming, supposedWords Related to putative demonstrable, external, outward, superficial, visible; conceivable, plausible, possible, supposable; likely, probable; clear, distinct, manifest, obvious, plain; deceptive, delusive, delusory, illusive, illusory, imaginary; misleading, specious; fake, faked, feigned, phony (also phoney), pretended, pseudo, put-on; alleged, claimed, professed, purported, so-calledNear Antonyms of putative hidden, inapparent; implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, unlikely; actual, authenticated, confirmed, corroborated, established, genuine, real, substantiated, sure, valid, validated, verified
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