postulate

Synonyms

assume, hypothesize, premise, presume, presuppose, say, suppose;

Near Antonyms

challenge, controvert, disagree (with), disbelieve, discount, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, wonder (about);

deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, repudiate;

belie, confute, disprove, rebut, refute;

Related Words

accept, believe, credit, swallow;

conclude, deduce, gather, infer, judge, take;

conjecture, figure, guess, surmise, suspect, think;

conceive, dream, fancy, imagine, perceive, preconceive;

speculate, theorize;

affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess;

Phrases

take for granted;

Synonyms

assumption, given, if, premise (also premiss), presumption, presupposition, supposition;

Related Words

hypothesis, proposition, theory, thesis;

axiom, truism, verity;

belief, canon, doctrine, dogma, gospel, law;

precept, principle, rule, standard, tenet;

basis, foundation, ground;

conclusion, deduction, inference;

affirmation, assertion, avouchment, declaration;