Synonyms of professing

Noun

1. profession, professing, avowal, avouchment, affirmation

usage: an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"

Verb

1. profess, claim

usage: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"

2. profess, declare

usage: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"

3. concede, profess, confess, admit, acknowledge

usage: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"

4. profess, declare

usage: state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

5. profess, accept, admit, take, take on

usage: receive into a religious order or congregation

6. profess, vow

usage: take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"

7. profess, pretend, claim

usage: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"