Thesaurus
assume
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ASSUME
1
to take to or upon oneself <we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard>
Related Words adopt, embrace, take up; advocate, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), espouse, stand by, support, uphold; accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent; reaccept, reassume
2
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof <everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert>
Related Words accept, believe, credit, swallow; conclude, deduce, gather, infer, judge, take; conjecture, figure, guess, reckon [chiefly dialect], surmise, suspect, suspicion [chiefly dialect], think; conceive, dream, fancy, imagine, perceive, preconceive; speculate, theorize; affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess
Phrases take for granted
3
to form an opinion from little or no evidence <as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask>
Synonyms assume, conjecture, daresay, imagine, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, suspicion [chiefly dialect]
Related Words conclude, deduce, gather, infer; hypothecate, hypothesize, theorize; believe, conceive, expect, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], take, think
Near Antonyms demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate, validate; ascertain, determine, find out, learn
4
to present a false appearance of <she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date>
Synonyms act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, pass (for), pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate
Related Words dissimulate, impersonate, let on, masquerade, play, playact, pose; forge, imitate; camouflage, conceal, disguise, mask; feint; malinger
5
to provide with a paying job <assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm>
Synonyms assume, engage, fee [chiefly Scottish], hire, lay on [chiefly British], pay, place, recruit, retain, sign (up or on), take on
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