| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking something for granted; something expected |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accepting, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, shot in the dark, shot*, sneaking suspicion, stab, supposal, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorization, theory |
Antonyms: |
doubt, unexpected |
| Main Entry: | basis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation for belief, action |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justification, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant |
| Main Entry: | belief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting regard in as true |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, mindset, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, postulation, presumption, presupposition, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view |
Antonyms: |
disbelief |
| Main Entry: | guess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, speculation |
Synonyms: |
assumption, ballpark figure, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, divination, estimate, fancy, feeling, guesstimate, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, induction, inference, judgment, notion, opinion, postulate, postulation, prediction, presumption, presupposition, reckoning, shot in the dark, shot*, sneaking suspicion, stab*, supposal, supposition, surmisal, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view |
Antonyms: |
calculation, measurement |
| Main Entry: | hypothesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theory |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, apriority, assignment, assumption, attribution, axiom, basis, belief, conclusion, condition, conjecture, data, deduction, demonstration, derivation, explanation, foundation, ground, guess, inference, interpretation, layout, lemma, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, presupposition, principle, proposal, proposition, rationale, reason, scheme, shot in the dark, speculation, starting point, suggestion, supposition, surmise, system, tentative law, term, theorem, thesis |
Antonyms: |
calcualtion, measurement, proof, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | opinion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief |
Synonyms: |
assessment, assumption, attitude, conception, conclusion, conjecture, estimate, estimation, eye*, fancy, feeling, guess, hypothesis, idea, imagining, impression, inclination, inference, judgment, mind, notion, persuasion, point of view, postulate, presumption, presupposition, reaction, say-so, sentiment, slant, speculation, supposition, surmise, suspicion, take*, theorem, theory, thesis, think*, thought, view, viewpoint |
Antonyms: |
reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | preconception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea formed before event occurs or facts are received |
Synonyms: |
assumption, bias, delusion, illusion, inclination, notion, preconceived idea, predisposition, prejudgment, prejudice, prepossession, presumption, presupposition |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | premise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypothesis, argument |
Synonyms: |
apriorism, assertion, assumption, basis, evidence, ground, posit, postulate, postulation, presumption, presupposition, proof, proposition, supposition, thesis |
| Notes: | a premise is a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; premises are land and buildings together considered as a place of business |
Antonyms: |
fact, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | presumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, hypothesis |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, apriorism, assumption, basis, chance, conjecture, grounds, guess, likelihood, opinion, plausibility, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presupposition, probability, reason, shot, shot in the dark, sneaking suspicion, stab, supposition, surmise, suspicion, thesis |
Antonyms: |
reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | supposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guess, belief |
Synonyms: |
apriorism, assumption, condition, conjecture, doubt, guessing, guesstimate, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, idea, likelihood, notion, opinion, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, rough guess, shot in the dark, sneaking suspicion, speculation, stab in the dark, suppose, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view |
Antonyms: |
fact, knowledge, proof, reality |