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premise

noun
variants: also premiss

Synonyms and Antonyms of premise

1 something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
  • Your conclusion is all wrong because you started out with a false premise.
Synonyms of premise

assumption, given, if, postulate, presumption, presupposition, supposition
Words Related to premise

hypothesis, proposition, theory, thesis

axiom, truism, verity

belief, canon, doctrine, dogma, gospel, law

precept, principle, rule, standard, tenet

basis, foundation, ground

conclusion, deduction, inference

affirmation, assertion, avouchment, declaration
2 premises plural the area around and belonging to a building
  • Detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance.
Synonyms of premise

demesne, ground, park, yard
Words Related to premise

acres, estate, land, lot, parcel, plot, property, real estate, realty

campus

backyard, churchyard, dooryard

close, enclosure (also inclosure), garden, plaza

premise

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of premise

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
  • Let us premise certain things, such as every person's need for love, before beginning our line of reasoning.
Synonyms of premise

assume, hypothesize, postulate, presume, presuppose, say, suppose
Words Related to premise

accept, believe, credit, swallow

conclude, deduce, gather, infer, judge, take

conjecture, figure, guess, surmise, suspect, think

conceive, dream, fancy, imagine, perceive, preconceive

speculate, theorize

affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess
Phrases Synonymous with premise

take for granted
Near Antonyms of premise

challenge, controvert, disagree (with), disbelieve, discount, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, wonder (about)

deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, repudiate

belie, confute, disprove, rebut, refute

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