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presumptive

Main Entry:
presumptive [pri-zuhmp-tiv]
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: 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, 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, credible
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'
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