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(Entry 1 of 2)
- an assumed connection between the two species that has yet to be confirmed by fossil findings
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- the salesclerk's assumed friendliness vanished as soon as I assured her I was just looking
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- automatic,
- canned,
- concocted,
- fabricated,
- hokey,
- labored,
- manufactured,
- pat,
- unauthentic,
- unreal,
- unrealistic
- double-dealing,
- empty,
- facile,
- hollow,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- left-handed,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
- exaggerated,
- histrionic,
- melodramatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- theatrical
- (also theatric)
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assumed
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of assumed (Entry 2 of 2)
- we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard
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- everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert
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- conjectured,
- figured,
- guessed,
- reckoned
- [chiefly dialect],
- surmised,
- suspected,
- suspicioned
- [chiefly dialect],
- thought
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- as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask
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- conjectured,
- daresaid,
- guessed,
- imagined,
- presumed,
- speculated,
- supposed,
- surmised,
- suspected,
- suspicioned
- [chiefly dialect]
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- she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date
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- assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm
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“Assumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assumed. Accessed 21 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of assumed was in 1813
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