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

His immediate tasks since assuming the top job have been sustaining momentum in Disney's core growth areas, namely its theme parks and streaming divisions. — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

In a sense, the proof shows that a world in which love never returns is a world whose geometry tears itself apart—assuming, of course, the proof holds up. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026

Excuse me for assuming an adaptation of a very gay book by a very gay showrunner would be gayer than this! — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

This removes much of the friction that’s often involved with editing 360 files – assuming the algorithmic choices match your creative intent. — New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026

Glass will report to Merlin CEO Charlie Lexton and will lead Merlin’s Business & Legal Affairs function while also assuming responsibility for the organization’s partnerships team. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Founders often focus heavily on maximizing valuation, assuming that securing the highest purchase price is the primary objective. — Amit Jain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Bloomberg claimed today that OpenAI will reveal its speaker this year and release it in 2027, assuming Apple’s lawsuit doesn’t disrupt those plans. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

The question is how those three – assuming good health – will fill roles. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2026