Synonyms of assumes

assumes

verb

present tense third-person singular of assume

1

as in accepts

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

• accepts
• shoulders
• undertakes
• bears
• embraces
• adopts
• takes over
• endorses
• agrees
• supports
• espouses
• advocates
• upholds
• acquiesces
• consents
• assents
• accedes
• takes up
• stands by
• backs
• champions
• reassumes
• reaccepts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disclaims
• repudiates
• disavows
• refuses
• renounces
• rejects
• withdraws
• disowns
• retracts
• avoids
• abjures
• declines
• recants
• spurns
• turns down
• takes back
• bypasses
• abandons
• relinquishes
• refrains (from)
• forsakes
• abstains (from)
• surrenders
• gives up
• unsays
• detours
• backtracks
• forbears
• backs off
• backs down
• abnegates

2

as in says

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• says
• presumes
• believes
• thinks
• supposes
• presupposes
• concludes
• hypothesizes
• postulates
• accepts
• premises
• guesses
• insists
• figures
• imagines
• dreams
• infers
• takes for granted
• hypothecates
• suspects
• declares
• deduces
• speculates
• claims
• maintains
• surmises
• asserts
• perceives
• contends
• conceives
• swallows
• credits
• affirms
• judges
• theorizes
• gathers
• alleges
• reckons
• takes
• suspicions
• professes
• conjectures
• fancies
• avers
• avows
• preconceives
• avouches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wonders (about)
• denies
• doubts
• challenges
• disagrees (with)
• distrusts
• rejects
• disputes
• discredits
• discounts
• questions
• disclaims
• repudiates
• disbelieves
• disavows
• controverts
• mistrusts
• refutes
• belies
• disproves
• disowns
• rebuts
• confutes

3

as in guesses

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

• guesses
• supposes
• presumes
• thinks
• imagines
• suspects
• speculates
• surmises
• believes
• suspicions
• conjectures
• infers
• concludes
• expects
• deduces
• daresays
• hypothesizes
• theorizes
• gathers
• conceives
• reckons
• hypothecates
• judges
• takes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• demonstrates
• proves
• establishes
• determines
• documents
• learns
• validates
• substantiates
• finds out
• ascertains

4

as in pretends

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

• pretends
• simulates
• affects
• professes
• acts
• feigns
• passes (for)
• poses
• conceals
• makes believe
• dissembles
• forges
• plays
• puts on
• imitates
• shams
• bluffs
• counterfeits
• fakes
• impersonates
• masquerades
• camouflages
• masks
• lets on
• disguises
• dissimulates
• playacts
• feints
• malingers

5

as in employs

to provide with a paying job

assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employs
• hires
• recruits
• engages
• retains
• pays
• signs (up or on)
• enlists
• fees
• places
• lays on
• takes on
• jobs
• promotes
• partners
• rehires
• apprentices
• reengages
• contracts
• keeps (on)
• reemploys
• subcontracts
• upgrades
• advances
• headhunts
• scouts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismisses
• cans
• discharges
• axes
• fires
• sacks
• furloughs
• lays off
• locks out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assumes

The board last week passed a budget plan that assumes the $150 million will be coming and relies upon it, despite no promise from Springfield that it can be covered. — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

The Defense Department said in its estimate the cost assumes there will be an average of 2,500 National Guard members in Washington through January 2029. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

The two have drifted apart since, for reasons that have less to do with the July data than with what the model assumes about January. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026