supposed

adj 1: firmly believed; "the way things are supposed to be" [syn: {supposed(p)}]

2: mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts"

[syn: {supposed(a)}]

3: commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive

grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed

(or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of

birth" [syn: {putative(a)}, {purported(a)}, {reputed(a)},

{supposed(a)}]

4: designed to; "medication that is supposed to relieve pain";

"what's that gadget supposed to do?" [syn: {supposed(a)}]

5: doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"

[syn: {alleged(a)}, {so-called}]

6: required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten";

"he was supposed to go to the store" [syn: {supposed(p)}]

7: 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"; "supposititious hypotheses" [syn: {conjectural},

{suppositional}, {suppositious}, {supposititious}]