purport

1. 1.

   have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming

   “The letter purports to express people's opinion”

   Broaderclaim
2. 2.

   propose or intend

   “I aim to arrive at noon”

   Synonymsaimpurposepropose

   Broaderintend

Other forms of purport

plural

purports·

past tense

purported·

present participle

purporting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about purport

What does purport mean?

purport means "the intended meaning of a communication". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in purport?

purport has 2 syllables: pur-port. The stress falls on "pur". In IPA it is /ˈpɝˌpɔɹt/.

What is another word for purport?

Close synonyms include intent, spirit, drift, aim, purpose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is purport a common word?

purport is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with purport?

14 words rhyme with purport. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.