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

Rather than assuming one is more affordable or comprehensive than the other, compare the specific coverages, exclusions, deductibles, premiums and repair-shop requirements between any two plans. — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

At the time, my editor and I were assuming that the fandom would be hostile to interlopers who didn’t possess the ancient knowledge of Andi self-eliminating rather than spending one more minute with Juan Pablo. — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

But living on the road also taught her a valuable early lesson about appearances—and about assuming that everyone wants the same things. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

The category still has enormous potential, but the era of assuming that a major logo plus a new silhouette automatically creates demand is behind us. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Tracy, who also had five receptions for 98 yards in the first half, fielded four of the nine punts by Cade Cox and totaled 167 return yards in assuming the role held last season by safety Koi Perich, who transferred to Oregon. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Change will not come overnight, even with Kroenke assuming the title of baseball’s richest owner. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

The mistake is assuming that a diploma tells the entire story. — Raghu Krishnaiah, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Coronated at age 3 after his father’s death, the curious boy king in colorful robes mesmerized world leaders and ruled through regents until assuming full authority at 18. — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026