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presume
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of PRESUME
1
to form an opinion from little or no evidence <I presume you'll fly if you do go>
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
2
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof <we should presume that a person is innocent until proven guilty>
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
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