supposed meaning and definition

SUPPOSED adjective

Definition of supposed (adjective)

1. required or under orders
   • "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"
2. mistakenly believed
   • "the supposed existence of ghosts"
3. doubtful or suspect
   • "these so-called experts are no help"
   • synonyms: alleged, so-called
4. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
   • "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"
   • synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious