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• generally believed to exist or be something specified, but not definitely the case.

• "a reputed budget of $165 million"

Similar: supposed, putative, apparent, ostensible, suppositious, reputative,

Opposite: actual,

• widely known and well thought of.

• "a highly reputed company"

Similar: well thought of, well respected, respected, highly regarded, with a good reputation, of good repute, well known, widely known,

Opposite: unknown, obscure,

• be generally regarded to be or as being (but not definitely the case).

• "he's reputed to earn $7m per annum"

Similar: thought, said, reported, rumoured, believed, held, considered, regarded, deemed, judged, estimated, alleged, purported,

Opposite: known,

Origin: late Middle English: from Old French reputer or Latin reputare ‘think over’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + putare ‘think’.