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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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In 1976, American Jon Brower Minoch weighed 635 kilograms (1,400 pounds). He was so fat that it took 12 firemen to lift him out of his house when he fell ill, and 13 nurses to turn him over in bed. In fact, he had two beds strapped together as one wasn't big enough to hold him. He once put on 89 kilograms (196 pounds) in a single week. .. More >>
