Definitions For Purporting

noun

  • The main or general meaning of something (such as a speech or a person's actions)

verb

  • To claim to be or do a particular thing when this claim may not be true

Is Purporting a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
20

The word Purporting is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Purporting in a Sentence

  • The purport of the book
  • The letter was not read aloud, but all present were informed of its purport.
  • Do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?
  • He purports to be an expert in criminalistics

Antonyms for Purporting

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