adjective
- generally considered or reputed to be; supposed
Usage: formal
Examples
- The putative author of the anonymous letter was never identified.
- Scientists studied the putative benefits of the new treatment.
- He was the putative heir to the throne until DNA tests proved otherwise.
- The putative cause of the accident was driver error.
- Researchers investigated the putative link between diet and disease.
- The putative father refused to take a paternity test.