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| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, guess, imagine, infer, judge, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand, be afraid, be inclined to think, count upon, get the idea, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, posit |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take, undertake |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, appropriate, arrogate, begin, confiscate, don, embrace, enter upon, seize, take on, take up, attend to, embark upon, set about, take over |
| Antonyms: | not do |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, adopt, affect, bluff, counterfeit, fake, feign, imitate, impersonate, mimic, pretend, put on, simulate |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt, acquire |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, usurp, clap hands on, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab hold of, kipe, moonlight requisition, take over |
| Antonyms: | leave, let alone, not take |
| Main Entry: | arrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | claim without justification |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, demand, expropriate, preempt, presume, seize, take, usurp, accroach |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, give, hand over |
| Main Entry: | bank on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend upon |
| Synonyms: | assume, count on, stake, trust, venture, wager, be sure about, believe in, bet on, build on, gamble on, lean on, look to, reckon on, rely on |
| Main Entry: | commandeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
| Synonyms: | activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, preempt, requisition, sequester, snatch, take, usurp, accroach, moonlight requisition, sequestrate |
| Main Entry: | confiscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal; seize |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, expropriate, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, preempt, sequester, swipe, take, usurp, accroach, confisticate, glom on to, moonlight requisition, possess oneself of, sequestrate, take over |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
| Main Entry: | conjecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
| Synonyms: | assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | prove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make deceitful imitation |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, imitate, impersonate, knock off*, mimic, mint, phony*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, act like, circulate bad money, do like, go like, make like, make money, mimeo, phony up, stat |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assume, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, reason, regard, surmise, add up, be afraid, boil down, have a hunch, ratiocinate, read into, take to mean |
| Main Entry: | deem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard, consider |
| Synonyms: | account, allow, appraise, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view, be afraid, daresay, set store by |
| Main Entry: | derive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deduce a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, assume, collect, determine, develop, draw, educe, elaborate, elicit, evolve, excogitate, extract, follow, formulate, gain, gather, get, glean, infer, judge, make, make out, obtain, procure, put together, reach, receive, trace, work out |
| Antonyms: | create, invent |
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mask; misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge*, garble, hide, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on an act*, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, whitewash*, cover up, doctor up, gloss over, make like, put on a false front, put on a front, put up a front, wear cheaters |
| Antonyms: | expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, dispossess, impound, preempt, requisition, sequester, take, accroach, deprive of property, take over |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, distribute, give |
| Main Entry: | extrapolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infer |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, assume, conclude, deduce, envision, figure, foresee, foretell, guess, predict, project, theorize, hypothesize, make an educated guess, see ahead |
| Main Entry: | fake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, disguise, dissimulate, fabricate, feign, forge, put on, put on an act*, sham, simulate, spoof |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, fabricate, fake, forge, imagine, imitate, invent, play, play possum*, put on, sham*, simulate, stonewall*, do a bit, four-flush, give appearance of, make show of, phony up, put on act, put up a front |
| Antonyms: | be true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, allow |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accord, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree to, allocate, allot, assign, assume, avow, award, bestow, bless, cede, come across, come through, concede, confer, convey, donate, drop, give, give in, impart, invest, own, permit, present, profess, relinquish, stake, suppose, surrender, transfer, transmit, vouchsafe, yield, come around, consent to, gift with, give out, give the nod, give thumbs-up, go along with, own up, shake on, sign off on, sign on* |
| Antonyms: | condemn, deny, refuse, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for, dream about |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, aspire, assume, await, believe, cherish, contemplate, count on, desire, expect, foresee, hold, pray, presume, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat*, trust, wish, be sure of, deem likely, depend on, feel confident, hang in, have faith, keep fingers crossed, knock on wood, look at sunny side, look forward to, promise oneself, sweat it, sweat it out, take heart, think to, watch for |
| Antonyms: | despair, disbelieve, fear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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