Synonyms for assumption
əˈsʌmp ʃənas·sump·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. assumption

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assertion, assurance, boldness, confidence, effrontery, impudence, presumption, self-assertion, self-confidence, self-reliance, trust

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. assumption

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, boldness, impudence, self-confidence, selfreliance, effrontery, presumption, conviction, certainty, self-assertion

   Antonyms:
   distrust, timidity, bashfulness, misgiving, self-distrust, consternation, dismay, alarm

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. premise, premiss, assumptionnoun

   a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

   "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"

   Synonyms:
   supposal, presumptuousness, premiss, premise, effrontery, supposition, laying claim, presumption

2. assumption, supposition, supposalnoun

   a hypothesis that is taken for granted

   "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

   Synonyms:
   conjecture, supposal, surmisal, hypothesis, presumptuousness, guess, premiss, premise, effrontery, supposition, laying claim, speculation, presumption, surmise

3. assumption, laying claimnoun

   the act of taking possession of or power over something

   "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"

   Synonyms:
   supposal, presumptuousness, premiss, premise, effrontery, supposition, laying claim, presumption

4. Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15noun

   celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church

   Synonyms:
   supposal, presumptuousness, premiss, premise, effrontery, supposition, laying claim, presumption

5. Assumptionnoun

   (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

   Synonyms:
   supposal, presumptuousness, premiss, premise, effrontery, supposition, laying claim, presumption

6. presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumptionnoun

   audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

   "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

   Synonyms:
   precondition, supposal, presumptuousness, given, premiss, premise, effrontery, supposition, laying claim, presumption

7. assumptionnoun

   the act of assuming or taking for granted

   "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"

   Synonyms:
   supposal, presumptuousness, premiss, premise, effrontery, supposition, laying claim, presumption

Matched Categories

1. • Christianity
   • Act
   • Audacity
   • Holy Day Of Obligation
   • Hypothesis
   • Miracle

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   assuming, arrogating, usurpation

2. assumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate, theory

3. assumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness, lordliness, stateliness, conceit, pride, conceitedness, self-conceit, self-importance, vain-glory, arrogance, insolence, HAUTEUR

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1. List of paraphrases for "assumption":

   hypothesis, presumption, premise, asunción, supposition, 'assomption, assumptions, accession, course, postulate, scenario, assomption, principle, assumed, prerequisite, idea

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1. Hoyt Sherman:

   So the assumption was it was tucked away there either because it needed some repair work or the content, because it is a full backside nude of Venus de Milo and another cherub sans clothing.

2. The Kivitis:

   To be honest, when a straight couple is using surrogacy, or when a straight couple is using an egg donation or sperm donation, nobody asks them if they are the biological parents of the child, it's just an assumption. But when an LGBT family's coming and applying, our application was flagged as surrogacy. our position was and remains that we should be treated as a married couple and the minimal requirements that are in that regulation should be applied to us as well.

3. Scott Morrison:

   In fact, to make that assumption would be, I think, making a very big assumption.

4. Celsus Talifilu:

   There is an assumption that China will do more, it may be that our politicians are thinking that it's easier to deal with China in terms of implementing things on the ground quickly, in comparison to other donors that have been in the Solomons for a long time yet have been very slow.

5. Daniella Greenbaum:

   I have never operated under the assumption that everything I pitched would get on the site, at least in the initial way I pitched it, but I never expected something to go through the editorial process and then get taken down, i received a total of zero direct messages from colleagues telling me they disagreed with the column or were angry about my writing it or expressing an interest in talking so we could hear where each of us were coming from.