1. Openly declared as such
   "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist";
   - avowed
    
2. Claimed with intent to deceive
   "his professed intentions"
    
3. Professing to be qualified
   "a professed philosopher"

1. State insincerely
   "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt";
   - pretend
    
2. State freely
   "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
    
3. Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
   "She professes organic chemistry"
    
4. Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
   "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"
    
5. Take vows, as in religious order
   "she professed herself as a nun"
    
6. Receive into a religious order or congregation
   "She was professed as a nun after completing her novitiate"
    
7. Admit (to a wrongdoing)
   "She professed that she had taken the money";
   - concede, confess

See also: declared, professional

Type of: accept, acknowledge, admit, claim, declare, pronounce, take, take on, vow

Encyclopedia: Professed