Synonyms of assuming

assuming 1 of 2

adjective

as in wary

Related Words

• wary
• critical
• skeptical
• affected
• suspicious
• pretentious
• dishonest
• insincere
• false
• fake
• cynical
• phony
• artificial
• artful
• dissimulating
• mistrustful
• dissembling
• worldly
• sophisticated
• calculating
• civilized
• cosmopolitan
• cultured
• cultivated
• designing
• hypocritical
• guileful
• deceptive
• manipulative
• polished
• worldly-wise
• scheming
• tricky
• wily
• deceitful
• cunning
• shrewd
• subtle
• devious
• refined
• shifty
• crooked
• crafty
• sly
• slippery
• slick
• underhanded
• smooth
• flattering
• foxy
• double-dealing
• forced
• arch
• canny
• two-faced
• feigned
• sycophantic
• strained
• unctuous
• knavish
• sharp
• mealymouthed

Dissimilar Words

• real
• true
• naive
• unaffected
• simple
• honest
• genuine
• sincere
• natural
• innocent
• guileless
• unpretentious
• ingenuous
• artless
• inexperienced
• unpretending
• unsophisticated
• childlike
• malleable
• impressionable
• simpleminded
• persuadable
• unworldly
• wide-eyed
• spontaneous
• persuasible
• unforced
• gee-whiz
• unstudied
• dewy-eyed

assuming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of assume

1

as in accepting

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

• accepting
• shouldering
• bearing
• undertaking
• embracing
• taking over
• adopting
• advocating
• endorsing
• supporting
• agreeing
• upholding
• consenting
• acquiescing
• backing
• taking up
• assenting
• espousing
• championing
• standing by
• acceding
• reassuming
• reaccepting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disclaiming
• disavowing
• repudiating
• renouncing
• refusing
• withdrawing
• rejecting
• disowning
• avoiding
• retracting
• declining
• taking back
• recanting
• abjuring
• turning down
• spurning
• refraining (from)
• bypassing
• abstaining (from)
• abandoning
• relinquishing
• forbearing
• surrendering
• forsaking
• unsaying
• detouring
• giving up
• backtracking
• backing down
• backing off
• abnegating

2

as in saying

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saying
• presuming
• believing
• thinking
• supposing
• guessing
• concluding
• figuring
• presupposing
• hypothesizing
• postulating
• dreaming
• accepting
• insisting
• imagining
• premising
• taking for granted
• suspecting
• hypothecating
• inferring
• claiming
• speculating
• deducing
• crediting
• declaring
• judging
• maintaining
• swallowing
• surmising
• asserting
• perceiving
• fancying
• contending
• theorizing
• conjecturing
• alleging
• affirming
• conceiving
• suspicioning
• gathering
• taking
• reckoning
• professing
• avowing
• averring
• preconceiving
• avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubting
• wondering (about)
• discounting
• questioning
• denying
• challenging
• disputing
• disbelieving
• discrediting
• disagreeing (with)
• controverting
• rejecting
• distrusting
• disclaiming
• repudiating
• disavowing
• mistrusting
• refuting
• disproving
• rebutting
• disowning
• belying
• confuting

3

as in guessing

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

• guessing
• presuming
• supposing
• suspecting
• thinking
• imagining
• speculating
• surmising
• conjecturing
• believing
• suspicioning
• inferring
• daresaying
• concluding
• deducing
• expecting
• hypothesizing
• theorizing
• gathering
• judging
• conceiving
• hypothecating
• reckoning
• taking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• establishing
• proving
• demonstrating
• documenting
• determining
• learning
• validating
• ascertaining
• finding out
• substantiating

4

as in pretending

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

• pretending
• simulating
• acting
• affecting
• feigning
• passing (for)
• professing
• bluffing
• posing
• faking
• forging
• concealing
• making believe
• dissembling
• playing
• putting on
• shamming
• counterfeiting
• imitating
• masquerading
• impersonating
• masking
• disguising
• camouflaging
• dissimulating
• letting on
• playacting
• malingering
• feinting

5

as in employing

to provide with a paying job

assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employing
• hiring
• recruiting
• paying
• placing
• retaining
• engaging
• signing (up or on)
• enlisting
• feeing
• taking on
• laying on
• jobbing
• promoting
• partnering
• contracting
• upgrading
• subcontracting
• rehiring
• keeping (on)
• apprenticing
• reemploying
• reengaging
• scouting
• advancing
• headhunting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• firing
• discharging
• sacking
• canning
• laying off
• axing
• locking out
• furloughing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assuming

Verb

One of the biggest mistakes that business leaders make amid expansion is assuming customers in new markets have the same wants, needs, emotional reactions and behaviors. — Andrea Aker, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

In addition, the vote-by-mail ballots postmarked before or on Election Day need to be counted, too — assuming they are received by a county elections office no later than seven days after the election, the secretary of state’s office said. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Rather than waiting for sweeping national reforms, states and metropolitan regions are assuming greater responsibility for solving practical problems. — John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

Investors and analysts are increasingly looking to other parts of the market, both to find neglected sources of value and to start assuming a defensive posture against a possible downturn. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 July 2026

This week, those plans come to fruition as James Cohan Gallery takes on a new identity as Norr Cohan, with gallery partner David Norr assuming sole ownership and leadership. — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

And this is assuming Brian can even successfully work the trade deadline. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

Broderick, a longtime Bristol educator, taught at Bristol Central for 10 years, before assuming his current role of assistant principal. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Tend to what’s in your control before assuming someone is criticizing you. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026