putative

1. 1.

   purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

   “the foundling's putative father”

   “the putative author of the book”

   Similaracknowledged

Questions about putative

What does putative mean?

putative means "purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds".

How many syllables are in putative?

putative has 3 syllables: pu-ta-tive. The stress falls on "pu". In IPA it is /ˈpjutətɪv/.

Is putative a common word?

putative 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.