| Main Entry: | presumptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assumptive |
Synonyms: |
circumstantial, possible, probable |
| Notes: | presumptive means 'based on a presumption, based on grounds of probability' while presumptuous means 'assuming an unwarranted, unauthorized responsibility' |
| Main Entry: | believable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trustworthy |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, acceptable, authentic, colorable, conceivable, convincing, credential, credible, creditable, fiduciary, honest-to-God, imaginable, impressive, likely, persuasive, plausible, possible, presumable, presumptive, probable, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfying, straight, supposable, tenable, tried, trusty, unquestionable, up front |
Antonyms: |
inconceivable, incredible, unbelieveable, unconvincing, unreliable, unthinkable |
| Main Entry: | circumstantial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incidental |
Synonyms: |
amplified, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, conjectural, contingent, detailed, environmental, fortuitous, inconclusive, indirect, inferential, presumptive, provisional, uncertain |
Antonyms: |
direct |
| Main Entry: | hypothetical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | guessed, assumed |
Synonyms: |
academic, assumptive, casual, concocted, conditional, conjecturable, conjectural, contestable, contingent, debatable, disputable, doubtful, equivocal, imaginary, imagined, indefinite, indeterminate, postulated, presumptive, presupposed, pretending, problematic, provisory, putative, questionable, refutable, speculative, stochastic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, suspect, theoretic, theoretical, uncertain, unconfirmed, vague |
Antonyms: |
calculated, confirmed, factual, measured, proved, proven, real, reliable, truthful |
| Main Entry: | putative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonly believed |
Synonyms: |
accepted, alleged, assumed, conjectural, hypothetical, imputed, presumed, presumptive, reported, reputed, supposed, suppositional, suppositious |
Antonyms: |
proven, real, true |
| Main Entry: | specious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | misleading |
Synonyms: |
apparent, apparently right, beguiling, captious, casuistic, colorable, credible, deceptive, delusive, empty, erroneous, fallacious, false, flattering, hollow, idle, illogical, inaccurate, incorrect, likely, nugatory, ostensible, ostentatious, plausible, presumable, presumptive, pretentious, probable, seeming, sophistic, sophistical, sophisticated, spurious, unsound, untrue, vain, wrong |
Antonyms: |
real, true, valid |
| Main Entry: | a priori |
| Part of Speech: | adjective/adverb |
| Definition: | deducing from general principle |
Synonyms: |
based on theory, deduced, deductive, derivable, inferred, presumptive, rational, reasoned, supposed, theoretical |
Antonyms: |
a posteriori, empirical |
| Main Entry: | hypothetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
Synonyms: |
alleged, apparent, asserted, conjectural, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, purported, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive |
| Main Entry: | suppositional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
Synonyms: |
alleged, apparent, asserted, conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, purported, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive |
| Main Entry: | suppositious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
Synonyms: |
alleged, apparent, asserted, conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, purported, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive |
| Notes: | suppositious means 'supposed, assumed, hypothetical'; supposititious means 'spurious, phony, bogus' |