daresays

verb

present tense third-person singular of daresay
as in assumes
to form an opinion from little or no evidence I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daresays
  1. assumes
  2. guesses
  3. supposes
  4. suspects
  5. thinks
  6. presumes
Verb
  • All of it assumes the danger sits between the CEO and the board.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • One assumes the show will continue to give Olivia Cooke invented material during the fourth season.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of assumes
Verb
  • Logan Wright, the author of Broken China, guesses that growth is now running at no more than 1% — and may even be zero.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Do not retreat into hints and hope someone guesses correctly.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of guesses
Verb
  • But that view wrongly supposes that Abundance was meant to be its own electoral lane.
    — Ryder Kessler, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
  • Of course, this pre-supposes that Salah looks to leave Europe this summer as a free agent.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Definition of supposes
Verb
  • But no one suspects Becca, who walks away with an additional seven points, leaping from a tie for last place (with Izzy and Erika) to a clean win, and the fanciest, courtliest, most butterfly-est wig of them all.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • One of his personal highlights was Mark Pellington’s 1999 political thriller Arlington Road, starring Jeff Bridges as a history professor who suspects his neighbor, played by Tim Robbins, of being involved in an anti-government extremist movement.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of suspects
Verb
  • Alex Pantling/Getty Images What is clear is that no one thinks the changes enacted in either the Championship or League One are a resolution to the EFL’s marked financial ills.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Simplicity and craft are definitely what everyone thinks of when Instagram comes to mind.
    — Aurich Lawson, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of thinks
Verb
  • The Hoodoo tradition presumes a belief in a supernatural or spirit world that can be called upon for assistance, often through charms and incantations.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The United States’ triumph in the Cold War also helped shape a strategic culture in Washington that presumes setting expansive goals such as nation building and regime change is both possible and desirable.
    — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of presumes
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“Daresays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daresays. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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