Synonyms of assumed

assumed 1 of 2

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
• simulated
• fake
• mechanical
• forced
• pretended
• contrived
• pseudo
• feigned
• artificial
• spurious
• plastic
• bogus
• calculated
• cute
• factitious
• sham
• phony
• theatrical
• put-on
• manufactured
• hollow
• empty
• automatic
• unreal
• unrealistic
• labored
• deliberate
• pat
• fabricated
• concocted
• formal
• canned
• hypocritical
• conscious
• studied
• insincere
• cultivated
• conventional
• stiff
• 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

While Craig will be the assumed starter, typically Dykes has at least tried to have a quarterback battle, with redshirt freshman Adam Schobel being Craig’s primary competition to watch. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2026

Today, investigators released a video recovered from her entryway camera, showing a person—masked, gloved, carrying what appears to be a holstered gun—at her door during the hours of the assumed abduction. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026

Verb

A lot of us naively assumed that demand would keep growing forever. — Brandon Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026

As former White House official Bob McNally describes in his timely book Crude Volatility, oil prices tend to swing more widely than other commodities because demand is assumed to be highly inelastic. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026