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presumption, n. 1. assumption, presupposition, predisposition, posit, postulate; belief, conviction, confidence, bias, feeling, gut feeling; expectation, anticipation, hope, trust; inference, deduction, theory, hypothesis, thesis; thought, view, attitude, position, stand; guess, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, surmise.
2. ground, reason, basis, premise, proposition, evidence; probability, likelihood, plausibility, feasibility.
3. presumptuousness, forwardness, self-assurance, self-assertiveness, self-importance, immodesty, vanity, conceit, Inf. bigheadedness, Inf. swelled-headedness; arrogance, overconfidence, Sl. snottiness, nastiness, Inf. pushiness, Inf. nerve, Inf. gall, brass, Inf. cheek; brazenness, boldness, chutzpah, audacity, audaciousness, temerity; impertinence, effrontery, insolence, impudence, frowardness, obstinacy, willfulness; imperi ousness, lordliness, snobbishness, loftiness, disdain, hauteur.
presumptive, adj. 1. reasonable, plausible, credible, believable; logical, sane, sound, firm; making sense, sensible, holding water.
2. inferred, supposed, believed, deduced; assumed, understood, presumable, hypothetical, theoretical; postulated, postulative, predicated; predicted, predictable, probably, likely, in the cards.
presumptuous, adj. 1. confident, presuming, assuming, convinced, persuaded, satisfied; undoubting, unquestioning, trustful, trusting; expectant, anticipatory, anticipating; assured, positive, sure, cocksure, Inf. pretty damned sure, sure in one's own mind; hopeful, sanguine.
2. impertinent, insolent, impudent, saucy, Inf. sassy, fresh; smart-alecky, Sl. wise, Sl. smart-assed, Sl. big-gety, Inf. too big for one's britches, Inf. bigheaded, Inf. swelled-headed, egotistical; bold, overbold, forward, obtrusive, audacious, brazen; bumptious, self-assertive, Inf. pushy, Inf. cheeky, nervy, brassy; arrogant, overconfident, overweening, overbearing, haughty; brash, cocky, lippy, mouthy, loud-mouthed; rude, ill-mannered, disrespectful, discourteous; disdainful, snobbish, lordly, imperious, domineering, dictatorial.
presuppose, v. suppose, assume, presume, take for granted, premise; postulate, posit, predicate, theorize, hypothesize, hypothecate, speculate; suspect, Nonstandard. suspicion, be inclined to think, imagine, expect, surmise, guess; think, deem, opine, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. Inf. reckon, believe, Archaic. trow, fancy, dream; infer, conclude, Inf. take it, take it into one's head, jump to conclusions, rush to conclusions; understand, gather, conjecture, divine, intuit.
presupposition, n. supposition, assumption^ presumption, premise; preconception, prenotion, preconceived notion, prejudice, bias, slant, foregone conclusion; speculation, view, opinion, belief; guess, guesswork, conjecture; surmise, inference, deduction, understanding; thesis, hypothesis, theory, postulate, postulation, axiom.
pretend, v. 1. simulate, dissimulate, fake, feign, sham, malinger, dissemble, act, sail under false colors, make out, Sl. make like, Inf. let on; fake it, go through the motions, seem; affect, assume, take on, put on, put on an act, posture, play the role of, put on a false front, Sl. ham it up.
2. make believe, imagine, fabricate, create, make up, invent, concoct, hatch.
pretended, adj. 1. alleged, so-called, nominal, in name only, ostensible, professed, claimed, purported, avowed.
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