Synonyms of premises

premises 1 of 2

noun

plural of premise

as in yard

the area around and belonging to a building

detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yard
• park
• acres
• ground
• estate
• property
• backyard
• land
• garden
• campus
• real estate
• plot
• demesne
• parcel
• realty
• enclosure
• plaza
• churchyard
• close
• lot
• dooryard
• garth

premises

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of premise

as in assumes

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

• assumes
• says
• presumes
• believes
• postulates
• presupposes
• thinks
• supposes
• concludes
• figures
• dreams
• hypothecates
• guesses
• hypothesizes
• accepts
• suspects
• takes for granted
• insists
• claims
• suspicions
• imagines
• judges
• conjectures
• deduces
• infers
• credits
• surmises
• maintains
• fancies
• swallows
• declares
• speculates
• contends
• asserts
• affirms
• perceives
• conceives
• preconceives
• alleges
• theorizes
• gathers
• avers
• avows
• takes
• reckons
• avouches
• professes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• challenges
• disputes
• doubts
• questions
• disagrees (with)
• discounts
• wonders (about)
• denies
• rejects
• discredits
• distrusts
• controverts
• repudiates
• disclaims
• disbelieves
• disavows
• mistrusts
• refutes
• belies
• disproves
• disowns
• rebuts
• confutes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of premises

Noun

Owner Patric Hillenbrand currently lives on premises in the residence. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

The company at the center of the probe was not identified, but its premises in Romania and several homes were searched. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

After the school vacated the premises, the space was converted into a restaurant, and the mural was concealed behind wallboard. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

With VMware’s strategic changes complicating future planning, Topgolf decided to migrate its on-premises workloads, including those for its venues, offices, labs, and data centers. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026

Another concern is making the data available to systems outside your company premises. — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Neither release became a theatrical phenomenon, but each earned more than $40 million worldwide — suggesting even mediocre horror films can get respectable returns when their premises are appealing enough. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026

There also appeared to be trash and debris scattered around the premises. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026

One of the shelters available during recent alerts is a modernised facility beneath the premises of municipal bus operator MPK in Lublin. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Verb

Blank Forms has announced plans to shift base from its current Clinton Hill, Brooklyn premises to an 8,000-square-foot open plan loft on the sixth floor of 151 Lafayette Street in SoHo. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026

Florida premises liability often turns on whether the business had notice of a dangerous condition. — Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

Kyson Cook, an AT&T premises technician, walks through an AT&T facility in Kettering, Ohio. — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 19 May 2026

The firm established its initial focus on labor law enforcement and premises liability cases, vehicle accident cases, and medical malpractice cases. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026

The complaint alleged negligence and premises liability on the part of the school district, and the family is seeking damages. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

The mother is suing the district for negligence and premises liability and is seeking damages for medical bills, emotional distress and other relief. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026

Silva is suing for gross negligence and premises liability, alleging Valero failed to take reasonable steps to protect workers and prevent the fire. — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026

Alexandrea Springfield is seeking amounts in excess of $25,000 for negligence and premises liability, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Jackson County. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025