presumed

ADJECTIVE

assumed

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accepted granted

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conjectured connoted given hypothesized inferred postulated presupposed supposed surmised understood

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counted on hypothetical suppositional tacit taken as known taken for granted

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genuine natural real unassumed unexpected

ADJECTIVE

assumptive

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assumed likely possible presumable probable prospective supposed suppositive taken for granted

ADJECTIVE

hypothetic

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WEAK

alleged apparent asserted conjectural hypothetical inferential likely presumptive presupposed purported suppositional suppositious supposititious suppositive

ADJECTIVE

inferential

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WEAK

likely to be expected to be inferred

ADJECTIVE

probable

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apparent credible feasible plausible possible reasonable

STRONG

mortal rational

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believable earthly illusory in the cards most likely odds-on ostensible presumable seeming

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implausible impossible improbable inconceivable unbelievable unlikely unreasonable

ADJECTIVE

putative

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presumptive reputed supposed

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accepted alleged assumed conjectural hypothetical imputed reported suppositional suppositious

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WEAK

proven real true

ADJECTIVE

speculative

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analytical dangerous experimental hypothetical risky unproved unproven unsubstantiated

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abstract assumed conceptive dicey formularized hairy hazardous ideal idealized ideological iffy in theory intellectual logical notional philosophical uncertain

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proven safe

ADJECTIVE

supposed

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alleged apparent purported

STRONG

asserted presupposed

WEAK

likely

ADJECTIVE

suppositional

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alleged apparent asserted conjectural hypothetic hypothetical inferential likely presumptive presupposed purported suppositious supposititious suppositive

ADJECTIVE

suppositious

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alleged apparent asserted conjectural hypothetic hypothetical inferential likely presumptive presupposed purported suppositional supposititious suppositive

ADJECTIVE

supposititious

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alleged apparent asserted conjectural hypothetic hypothetical inferential likely presumptive presupposed purported suppositional suppositious suppositive

ADJECTIVE

suppositive

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alleged apparent asserted conjectural hypothetic hypothetical inferential likely presumptive presupposed purported suppositional suppositious supposititious

ADJECTIVE

theoretic

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abstract academic analytical as a premise assumed codified conjectural contingent formalistic formularized general hypothetic hypothetical ideal idealized ideational ideological imaginative impractical in the abstract in theory instanced intellectual logical metaphysical notional on paper pedantic philosophical postulated problematical pure quixotic speculative suppositional tentative transcendent transcendental unearthly unproved unsubstantiated vague

ADJECTIVE

theoretical

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abstract academic analytical imaginative intellectual logical metaphysical philosophical speculative vague

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as a premise assumed codified conjectural contingent formalistic formularized general ideal idealized ideational ideological impractical in the abstract in theory instanced notional on paper pedantic postulated problematical pure quixotic suppositional tentative transcendent transcendental unearthly unproved unsubstantiated

Antonyms

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concrete ignorant illogical material objective physical real simple

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certain definite factual proven

ADJECTIVE

understood

Synonyms

STRONG

accepted appreciated implied inferred known pat unsaid

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axiomatic down pat inferential on to roger tacit taken for granted undeclared unexpressed unspoken unstated wise to wordless

Antonyms

STRONG

expressed stated

WEAK

explained explicit spoken written

Example Sentences

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Surprisingly, the contest's two presumed favourites were pushed out of the top three altogether.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

One of his federal public defenders stressed that Allen was presumed innocent and said he had no prior arrests or convictions on his record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

A new chair with a more assertive posture could shift the internal dynamics at the Fed in ways the markets haven’t yet presumed.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Running from murderous in-laws is nothing compared to the threat at the heart of “Something Very Bad is Going to Happen,” which depicts exchanging vows with a presumed soul mate as gambling with a curse.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

The system presumed that all species had already been fixed and would not change.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

presumed

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