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presumed

ADJECTIVE
assumed
Synonyms
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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
Antonyms
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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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alleged apparent asserted conjectural hypothetical inferential likely presumptive presupposed purported suppositional suppositious supposititious suppositive
ADJECTIVE
inferential
Synonyms
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likely to be expected to be inferred
ADJECTIVE
probable
Synonyms
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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
Antonyms
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implausible impossible improbable inconceivable unbelievable unlikely unreasonable
ADJECTIVE
putative
Synonyms
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presumptive reputed supposed
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accepted alleged assumed conjectural hypothetical imputed reported suppositional suppositious
Antonyms
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proven real true
ADJECTIVE
speculative
Synonyms
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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
Antonyms
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proven safe
ADJECTIVE
supposed
Synonyms
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alleged apparent purported
STRONG
asserted presupposed
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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
Synonyms
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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
Synonyms
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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
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explained explicit spoken written

Example Sentences

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She first came to wider attention in Apple TV+ legal thriller Presumed Innocent, playing Jaden Sabich opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Negga.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

You're going to be in "Presumed Innocent" coming up.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2023

Presumed dead, she flees and then drifts around the libertarian Western Territory between campgrounds and jobs, using a series of forged IDs.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

Presumed killed in Syria in 2017, he was tried in absentia.

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2022

They would therefore, in the Book of Living Things, be marked: Presumed extinct.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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