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predicate - 18 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | predicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert |
| Synonyms: | affirm, declare, imply, mean, signify, state |
| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, declare, guarantee, ice*, insist, maintain, nail down*, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, ratify, repeat, set, state, swear, testify, vouch, witness, avouch, cross heart, have a lock on, lock up, put on ice, rubber-stamp, say so, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | deny, negate, nullify, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insist, declare, maintain |
| Synonyms: | advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in*, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off*, pop off*, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build plan or opinion on |
| Synonyms: | construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant, predicate, prop, rest, set up, station, stay |
| Main Entry: | guess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to figure out; imagine |
| Synonyms: | believe, calculate, chance, conjecture, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, fancy*, fathom, hazard*, infer, judge, opine, penetrate, pick, postulate, predicate, predict, presume, pretend, reason, reckon, select, solve, speculate, suggest, suppose, surmise, survey, suspect, theorize, think, venture, work out*, dare say, go out on a limb, guesstimate, happen upon, hypothesize, jump to a conclusion, lump it, size up*, take a shot at, take a stab at, think likely |
| Antonyms: | calculate, measure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | postulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppose, figure |
| Synonyms: | advance, affirm, assert, assume, aver, estimate, guess, predicate, premise, presuppose, propose, speculate, suppose, theorize, hypothesize, posit, put forward, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | calculate |
| Main Entry: | premise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hypothesize |
| Synonyms: | announce, assume, begin, commence, introduce, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, start, state, suppose, posit |
| 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: | be factual |
| Main Entry: | profess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, affirm, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avow, certify, claim, come out*, confess, confirm, croon, depose, dissemble, fake, feign, maintain, make out, own, predicate, pretend, proclaim, purport, sing*, spiel*, spout*, state, stump*, vouch, act as if, avouch, blow hot air, constate, cross heart, get off chest, get on soapbox, open up, own up, say so, soapbox, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain, disapprove; argue against |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, avow, blast*, buck, combat, contend, declare, demonstrate, demur, disagree, except, expostulate, fight, holler, howl, insist, kick*, maintain, object, oppose, predicate, profess, rebel, remonstrate, resist, revolt, squawk*, testify, thumbs down, avouch, back-talk, be against, be displeased by, constate, cry out, inveigh against, make a stink, put up a fight, say no, sound off, take exception |
| Antonyms: | accept, approve, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vouch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give assurance |
| Synonyms: | affirm, answer for, assert, asseverate, assure, avert, avow, back, certify, confirm, contend, corroborate, declare, guarantee, maintain, okay*, predicate, profess, prove, sponsor, substantiate, support, testify, uphold, verify, vow, warrant, witness, act as a witness, attest to, be responsible for, bear testimony, cosign, get behind*, give an affidavit, put forth, rubber-stamp, say so, sign for, stand up for*, swear to, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | deny, disavow, refute, reject, renounce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | base, set; educate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, bottom, coach, discipline, establish, familiarize, fit, fix, found, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, introduce, predicate, prepare, prime, qualify, rest, settle, stay, teach, train, tutor |
| Main Entry: | presume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make assumption; believe |
| Synonyms: | assume, bank on*, conclude, conjecture, consider, count on, depend, figure, gather, guess, infer, jump the gun*, postulate, predicate, premise, presuppose, pretend, rely, speculate, suppose, surmise, take it, think, trust, be afraid, posit, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suppose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume, guess |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, brainstorm, calculate, conjecture, cook up*, deem, divine, dream, estimate, expect, figure, grant, imagine, infer, judge, opine, predicate, presume, presuppose, pretend, spark, speculate, surmise, suspect, take, theorize, think, understand, dare-say, go out on a limb, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, posit, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | calculate, know, measure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authenticate; demonstrate |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, authorize, base, certify, confirm, constitute, corroborate, decree, determine, discover, enact, find out, formulate, learn, legislate, make, make out, predicate, prescribe, prove, ratify, rest, show, stay, substantiate, validate, verify, circumstantiate, disambiguate |
| Antonyms: | confuse, disprove, invalidate |
| Main Entry: | found |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on a base |
| Synonyms: | bottom, build, erect, establish, ground, predicate, raise, rear, rest, root, stay, support, sustain |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | characterize, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | ascribe, assign, attribute, describe, designate, impute, mark, name, predicate, individualize, individuate, signalize, singularize |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend, hinge |
| Synonyms: | base, bottom, count, establish, found, ground, hang, lie, predicate, rely, reside, stay, turn, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be founded, be seated on, be supported, be upheld |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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