Synonyms of hypothecate

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hypothecate

verb

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as in to assume

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

even before a single vote had been cast, media pundits were hypothecating that the former senator would be the party's nominee

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assume
• say
• presume
• believe
• postulate
• suppose
• presuppose
• hypothesize
• think
• figure
• accept
• conclude
• premise
• guess
• dream
• credit
• infer
• insist
• imagine
• deduce
• declare
• claim
• assert
• maintain
• speculate
• perceive
• surmise
• affirm
• conceive
• take for granted
• suspect
• swallow
• contend
• judge
• avow
• conjecture
• aver
• theorize
• allege
• gather
• reckon
• avouch
• fancy
• suspicion
• profess
• take
• preconceive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controvert
• doubt
• discount
• deny
• disagree (with)
• challenge
• discredit
• dispute
• wonder (about)
• question
• repudiate
• distrust
• reject
• disclaim
• disavow
• mistrust
• disbelieve
• refute
• disprove
• disown
• rebut
• belie
• confute

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• controvert
• doubt
• discount
• deny
• disagree (with)
• challenge
• discredit
• dispute
• wonder (about)
• question
• repudiate
• distrust
• reject
• disclaim
• disavow
• mistrust
• disbelieve
• refute
• disprove
• disown
• rebut
• belie
• confute

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