Synonyms of premised

premised

verb

past tense of premise

as in assumed

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 & Similar Words

• assumed
• said
• presumed
• believed
• concluded
• supposed
• presupposed
• thought
• postulated
• hypothesized
• guessed
• figured
• accepted
• insisted
• hypothecated
• dreamed
• inferred
• deduced
• credited
• imagined
• took for granted
• suspected
• claimed
• surmised
• contended
• conjectured
• asserted
• affirmed
• conceived
• speculated
• judged
• declared
• maintained
• alleged
• perceived
• theorized
• swallowed
• gathered
• averred
• professed
• fancied
• suspicioned
• reckoned
• took
• preconceived
• avowed
• avouched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• challenged
• disputed
• questioned
• doubted
• discounted
• controverted
• disagreed (with)
• wondered (about)
• discredited
• denied
• distrusted
• rejected
• repudiated
• disclaimed
• disbelieved
• disavowed
• mistrusted
• disowned
• disproved
• belied
• refuted
• rebutted
• confuted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of premised

The Toy Story universe is premised on the idea that toys want more than anything to be played with—that a deep bond with a child is what gives a toy’s existence meaning. — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

The lawsuit, which was filed in a California federal district court by Joshua Davis and other attorneys from Berger Montague and Freedman Normand Friedland, is premised on ideas that have been floating around the House settlement and its implementation for some time. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026

Instead, it was premised on a trendy new antitrust philosophy that reflexively views any corporate consolidation as inherently suspicious, regardless of any impacts on prices. — Alexander Ciccone, Oc Register, 8 June 2026

The model was premised on the idea that the expertise resided within the confines of the scientific community and the task at hand was to make the specialized knowledge and technical terminology accessible to the general public. — Prodromos Yannas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026

But democracy is premised on the idea that nobody does. — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026

The choice yields a brighter, richer, more varied and nuanced story in which coming-of-age tropes mingle with Gileadean bleakness to reveal new facets of a state premised on male supremacy. — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026

The fragile 14-day ceasefire with Iran, which began last week, was premised in part on Tehran agreeing to reopen the strait, Vance said. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026

Democrats have questioned whether her transfer was premised upon her willingness to sit for that interview, but Blanche has defended the move. — Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2026