adjective
of questionable truth or genuineness
had doubts of the alleged miracle
Synonyms: ostensible, pretended, professed, purported, so-called, supposed; compare supposed 1
Related Word: credible, plausible, specious; doubtful, dubious, questionable; self-styled, soi-disant, would-be
Idioms: in name only
Contrasted words: authentic, bona fide, genuine, veritable; actual, real, true; delusory, erroneous, fallacious, false, illusory, imaginary, unreal