Overview of verb profess

The verb profess has 7 senses

• profess -- (practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry")


• profess -- (confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist")


• concede, profess, confess -- (admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money")


• profess -- (state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades")


• profess -- (receive into a religious order or congregation)


• profess -- (take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun")


• profess, pretend -- (state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine")

Overview of adj professed

The adj professed has 3 senses

• professed -- (professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher")


• professed -- (claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions")


• avowed, professed -- (openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist")