Synonyms of assumed

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adjective

ə-ˈsümd 

1

as in presumed

appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed

an assumed connection between the two species that has yet to be confirmed by fossil findings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• presumed
• apparent
• possible
• supposed
• probable
• obvious
• seeming
• evident
• reputed
• alleged
• putative
• ostensible
• prima facie
• likely
• plausible
• ostensive
• visible
• claimed
• superficial
• demonstrable
• conceivable
• distinct
• external
• supposable
• manifest
• purported
• outward
• imaginary
• misleading
• illusory
• clear
• illusive
• professed
• deceptive
• plain
• feigned
• delusive
• pretended
• specious
• pseudo
• faked
• delusory
• fake
• phony
• put-on
• so-called

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hidden
• impossible
• unlikely
• confirmed
• inconceivable
• actual
• implausible
• improbable
• sure
• real
• valid
• inapparent
• established
• genuine
• validated
• substantiated
• verified
• corroborated
• authenticated

2

as in mock

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

the salesclerk's assumed friendliness vanished as soon as I assured her I was just looking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mock
• strained
• false
• affected
• unnatural
• exaggerated
• fake
• simulated
• mechanical
• forced
• pretended
• pseudo
• contrived
• feigned
• artificial
• spurious
• plastic
• bogus
• calculated
• cute
• factitious
• sham
• theatrical
• phony
• put-on
• hollow
• manufactured
• empty
• automatic
• unreal
• unrealistic
• deliberate
• labored
• pat
• formal
• fabricated
• concocted
• canned
• hypocritical
• conscious
• studied
• cultivated
• stiff
• insincere
• conventional
• facile
• wooden
• melodramatic
• unauthentic
• unctuous
• hokey
• stylized
• rigid
• impersonal
• premeditated
• mealy
• histrionic
• mealymouthed
• two-faced
• mincing
• left-handed
• genteel
• overacted
• double-dealing
• inflexible
• overrefined
• overdone
• cutesy
• simpering
• artful
• goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unaffected
• real
• true
• genuine
• natural
• spontaneous
• right
• realistic
• bona fide
• authentic
• artless
• honest
• easy
• sincere
• unfeigned
• unforced
• ingenuous
• smooth
• uncontrived
• unconscious
• effortless
• instinctive
• impulsive
• impromptu
• unpretending
• extemporaneous
• unstudied
• unrehearsed
• unprompted

assumed

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verb

past tense of assume

1

as in accepted

to take to or upon oneself

we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepted
• shouldered
• undertook
• embraced
• bore
• adopted
• took over
• advocated
• endorsed
• acquiesced
• consented
• assented
• championed
• agreed
• upheld
• espoused
• acceded
• stood by
• backed
• took up
• supported
• reassumed
• reaccepted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disclaimed
• repudiated
• disavowed
• refused
• renounced
• withdrew
• rejected
• disowned
• retracted
• declined
• avoided
• recanted
• turned down
• abjured
• took back
• spurned
• refrained (from)
• bypassed
• abandoned
• relinquished
• abstained (from)
• forbore
• surrendered
• unsaid
• forsook
• detoured
• gave up
• backtracked
• backed off
• backed down
• abnegated

2

as in said

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• said
• presumed
• believed
• thought
• supposed
• guessed
• concluded
• figured
• hypothesized
• postulated
• presupposed
• accepted
• premised
• dreamed
• insisted
• imagined
• suspected
• inferred
• claimed
• deduced
• hypothecated
• surmised
• took for granted
• speculated
• declared
• credited
• maintained
• conjectured
• judged
• swallowed
• perceived
• asserted
• conceived
• contended
• theorized
• gathered
• fancied
• suspicioned
• reckoned
• affirmed
• alleged
• took
• professed
• averred
• avowed
• preconceived
• avouched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubted
• wondered (about)
• questioned
• challenged
• disputed
• discounted
• denied
• distrusted
• disagreed (with)
• controverted
• discredited
• rejected
• disclaimed
• repudiated
• disavowed
• disbelieved
• mistrusted
• disowned
• disproved
• refuted
• rebutted
• belied
• confuted

3

as in guessed

to form an opinion from little or no evidence

as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guessed
• supposed
• presumed
• suspected
• thought
• surmised
• imagined
• speculated
• believed
• conjectured
• suspicioned
• inferred
• expected
• deduced
• concluded
• daresaid
• hypothesized
• theorized
• gathered
• conceived
• reckoned
• judged
• hypothecated
• took

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• established
• proved
• demonstrated
• documented
• determined
• learned
• ascertained
• validated
• substantiated
• found out

4

as in pretended

to present a false appearance of

she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretended
• simulated
• acted
• affected
• professed
• feigned
• passed (for)
• made believe
• posed
• concealed
• forged
• faked
• put on
• dissembled
• shammed
• counterfeited
• bluffed
• played
• imitated
• masqueraded
• disguised
• masked
• let on
• impersonated
• camouflaged
• dissimulated
• playacted
• feinted
• malingered

5

as in employed

to provide with a paying job

assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employed
• hired
• recruited
• engaged
• paid
• placed
• retained
• signed (up or on)
• enlisted
• laid on
• feed
• took on
• promoted
• rehired
• contracted
• subcontracted
• reemployed
• partnered
• apprenticed
• jobbed
• upgraded
• reengaged
• scouted
• kept (on)
• advanced
• headhunted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissed
• discharged
• fired
• canned
• sacked
• laid off
• axed
• locked out
• furloughed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assumed

Adjective

Stuart Skinner was elevated to the starter’s job when the assumed top goalie (Jack Campbell) faltered during the 2022-23 season. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026

But the revenues never reached the assumed level and his Department of Finance eventually — and very quietly — acknowledged that the administration had overstated income by a whopping $165 billion over four years. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026

Verb

The defense attorney said police automatically assumed her client was the suspect from the start. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Austerity in the Eighties further denatured the relationship between schools and students, with shortfalls in public spending on capital projects—new dorms, athletic facilities—mostly assumed by students in the form of higher tuition. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026