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suppose
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SUPPOSE
1
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement <if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses>
2
to form an opinion from little or no evidence <what do you suppose he's going to do with the prize money he won?>
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
3
to have as an opinion <voters wrongly supposed that the new mayor would be opposed to letting hazardous waste be transported through the city>
Synonyms allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], conceive, consider, deem, esteem, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], suppose, think
4
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof <had always supposed that her father would bequeath the family farm to her>
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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