Synonyms of putatively

putatively

adverb

as in seemingly

to all outward appearances

the lake's putatively pristine water is actually crawling with microorganisms that can wreak havoc with your gastrointestinal system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seemingly
• apparently
• supposedly
• ostensibly
• evidently
• presumably
• probably
• likely
• ostensively
• visibly
• perhaps
• obviously
• on the surface
• maybe
• clearly
• possibly
• distinctly
• surely
• outwardly
• externally
• allegedly
• purportedly
• credibly
• conceivably
• professedly
• positively
• manifestly
• reportedly
• reputedly
• presumedly
• believably
• assuredly
• supposably
• assumably
• self-evidently
• plainly
• mayhap
• perchance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incredibly
• impossibly
• improbably
• implausibly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of putatively

Such agencies are putatively created to provide expert advice to the president on complex issues such as nuclear technology and consumer product safety. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026

In those pages, Fiedler dared to argue that many of America’s boyish and putatively innocent classics are in fact fantasies of interracial, homosexual romance. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

But with supposedly or putatively race-neutral methods, for 100 years, the right to vote was denied. — CBS News, 4 May 2026

From the perspective of a world of increasingly unimaginable maldistribution of resources, cascading ecological collapse, a genocide cheered on by a putatively liberal order, both are barbarisms. — Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025