assume
The word “assume” has 2 syllables: as-sume
It's pronounced as /əˈsum/
What is synonym and antonym for assume?
In the thesaurus, “assume” has 123 synonyms and 65 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for assume along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for assume
- accede
- accept
- acquiesce
- act
- adopt
- advance
- advocate
- affect
- affirm
- agree
- allege
- apprentice
- assent
- assert
- aver
- avouch
- avow
- back
- bear
- believe
- bluff
- camouflage
- champion
- claim
- conceal
- conceive
- conclude
- conjecture
- consent
- contend
- contract
- counterfeit
- credit
- daresay
- declare
- deduce
- disguise
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- dream
- embrace
- employ
- endorse
- engage
- enlist
- espouse
- expect
- fake
- fancy
- fee
- feign
- feint
- figure
- forge
- gather
- guess
- headhunt
- hire
- hypothecate
- hypothesize
- imagine
- imitate
- impersonate
- indorse
- infer
- insist
- job
- judge
- lay on
- let on
- maintain
- make believe
- malinger
- mask
- masquerade
- partner
- pay
- perceive
- place
- play
- playact
- pose
- postulate
- preconceive
- premise
- presume
- presuppose
- pretend
- profess
- promote
- put on
- reaccept
- reassume
- reckon
- recruit
- reemploy
- reengage
- rehire
- retain
- say
- scout
- sham
- shoulder
- simulate
- speculate
- stand by
- subcontract
- support
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- suspicion
- swallow
- take
- take for granted
- take on
- take over
- take up
- theorize
- think
- undertake
- upgrade
- uphold
Antonyms for assume
- abandon
- abjure
- abnegate
- ascertain
- avoid
- ax
- axe
- back down
- back off
- backtrack
- belie
- bypass
- can
- challenge
- confute
- controvert
- decline
- demonstrate
- deny
- determine
- detour
- disavow
- disbelieve
- discharge
- disclaim
- discount
- discredit
- dismiss
- disown
- disprove
- dispute
- distrust
- document
- doubt
- establish
- find out
- fire
- forbear
- forsake
- furlough
- give up
- lay off
- learn
- lock out
- mistrust
- prove
- question
- rebut
- recant
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- relinquish
- renounce
- repudiate
- retract
- sack
- spurn
- substantiate
- surrender
- take back
- turn down
- unsay
- validate
- withdraw
Meanings of assume
- verb
- To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
- To take on a position, duty or form.
- To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate.
- To receive, adopt (a person).
- To adopt (an idea or cause).
Example Sentences
- He had to assume responsibility for the team's failure.
- Don’t assume that everyone knows the rules.
- She will assume the role of manager next month.
- We should not assume things without checking the facts.
- The company decided to assume full liability for the damages.
On this page you'll find 188 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to assume, such as: abandon, abjure, abnegate, accede, accept, acquiesce, act.
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- manipulate
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- nonfunctioning
- operator
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- overdone
- overrefined
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- phoney-baloney
- phony
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- pinchbeck
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- put on
- put on an act
- put-on
- quack
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- rigid
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- unnatural
- unreal
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- abstain
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- alteration
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- be deceitful
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- be hypocritical
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- give the slip
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- lead one down the garden path
- lead one up the garden path
- leave behind
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- lick
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- make a fool of
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- outclass
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- pass off
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- play a trick on
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- pull a fast one
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- red herring
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- suck in
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- top
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- trash
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naturalize
- absorb
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- appropriate
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- use
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