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")