professed (adj.)
- accepted
- acknowledged
- alleged
- allowed
- announced
- apparent
- approved
- asserted
- attested
- authenticated
- avowed
- certified
- claimed
- confessed
- confirmed
- declared
- granted
- hypocritical
- ostensible
- pledged
- pretended
- pronounced
- ratified
- received
- recognized
- sealed
- self-styled
- signed
- so-called
- specious
- stated
- supposed
- sworn
- validated
- vowed
- warranted
- would-be