Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb allege

1 sense of allege

Sense 1
allege, aver, say -- (report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money")
       => assert, asseverate, maintain -- (state categorically)

Antonyms of adj alleged

2 senses of alleged

Sense 1
alleged -- (declared but not proved; "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal)

INDIRECT (VIA declared) -> undeclared -- (not announced or openly acknowledged; "fighting an undeclared war")

Sense 2
alleged (prenominal), so-called, supposed -- (doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help")

INDIRECT (VIA questionable) -> unquestionable -- (incapable of being questioned; "unquestionable authority")

Similarity of adj alleged

2 senses of alleged

Sense 1
alleged -- (declared but not proved; "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal)
       => declared (vs. undeclared) -- (made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal")

Sense 2
alleged (prenominal), so-called, supposed -- (doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help")
       => questionable (vs. unquestionable) -- (subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin")

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