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assumes - 20 thesaurus results
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: accept
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: receive by agreeing, consenting
Synonyms: accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affirm, agree to, approve, assent, assume, avow, bear, buy, check out*, comply, go for*, okay, recognize, sign, take on*, thumbs up*, undertake, concur with, cooperate with, give stamp of approval, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the nod, lap up, rubber-stamp, set store by, sign off on, take one up on
Antonyms: decline, disagree, refuse
Main Entry: adopt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: choose or take something as one's own
Synonyms: accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take up, tap, use, utilize, go down the line, go in for, take over
Antonyms: disown, reject, repudiate, repulse, leave alone
Main Entry: affect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend, imitate
Synonyms: act, adopt, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, fake, feign, put on, sham*, simulate, take on, aspire to, do a bit, lay it on thick, make out like, playact, put up a front
Main Entry: anticipate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: expect; predict
Synonyms: assume, await, bargain for*, conjecture, count on, divine, entertain*, figure, forecast, foresee, foretell, jump the gun*, prognosticate, prophesy, see, suppose, visualize, wait, be afraid, count chickens, cross the bridge, foretaste, have a hunch, hope for, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, promise oneself, see coming, see in the cards, wait for
Antonyms: doubt, be amazed, be surprised
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: borrow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adopt from another source; appropriate
Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, copy, filch, imitate, make one's own, obtain, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, simulate, steal, take, use, usurp
Antonyms: give, return
Main Entry: calculate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plan on
Synonyms: aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, suppose, trust, depend on, rely on, think likely
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: conceive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: understand
Synonyms: accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig
Antonyms: misunderstand, not believe
Main Entry: conclude
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decide, deduce
Synonyms: add up to, adjudge, analyze, assume, collect, derive, draw, figure, gather, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, reason, reckon, sum up, suppose, surmise, be afraid, boil down to, have a hunch, intuit, ratiocinate, the way one sees it
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
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
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
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