Synonyms of presuming

presuming 1 of 2

adjective

pri-ˈzü-miŋ 

1

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

it's rather presuming of you to expect to be our first choice for the award

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• superior
• cavalier
• important
• assumptive
• dominant
• presumptuous
• uppity
• supercilious
• high-and-mighty
• bumptious
• haughty
• smug
• uppish
• pretentious
• dominating
• masterful
• sniffy
• chesty
• domineering
• pompous
• huffy
• high-handed
• imperious
• toplofty
• lordly
• huffish
• proud
• peremptory
• patronizing
• overweening
• high-hat
• authoritarian
• highfalutin
• lofty
• self-asserting
• magisterial
• self-assertive
• condescending
• impudent
• pontificating
• stiff-necked
• pontifical
• impertinent
• snobbish
• bossy
• disdainful
• cocky
• snooty
• saucy
• boastful
• hubristic
• vain
• snobby
• conceited
• egocentric
• vainglorious
• narcissistic
• swaggering
• complacent
• bragging
• bombastic
• blustery
• uninhibited
• immodest
• egotistic
• egoistic
• forward
• self-complacent
• prideful
• blusterous
• self-centered
• self-satisfied
• self-affected
• extroverted
• braggart
• braggy
• unreserved
• self-applauding
• brash
• self-pleased
• self-conceited
• orgulous
• self-flattering
• stuck-up
• self-promoting
• self-loving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• lowly
• timid
• shrinking
• unpretentious
• shy
• sheepish
• bashful
• diffident
• subdued
• passive
• deferential
• yielding
• compliant
• meek
• demure
• introverted
• acquiescent
• mousy
• unarrogant
• unassuming
• submissive
• unobtrusive
• unaggressive
• cringing
• unassertive
• quiet
• retiring
• overmodest
• cowering
• reserved
• self-critical
• self-doubting

2

as in familiar

showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty

I thought it presuming of him to think that we would invite him along

Synonyms & Similar Words

• familiar
• arrogant
• smug
• presumptuous
• proud
• confident
• forward
• important
• immodest
• selfish
• overfamiliar
• sure
• free
• bold
• vain
• cavalier
• uppity
• superior
• conceited
• high-and-mighty
• complacent
• supercilious
• bumptious
• vainglorious
• snobbish
• impertinent
• pompous
• self-important
• cocky
• impudent
• hoity-toity
• disdainful
• haughty
• egomaniacal
• overbold
• overweening
• pretentious
• egotistic
• brazen
• insolent
• egoistic
• prideful
• cheeky
• highfalutin
• saucy
• self-complacent
• domineering
• bragging
• lordly
• self-assertive
• high-hat
• brash
• pert
• self-satisfied
• sassy
• self-assured
• audacious
• brassy
• self-asserting
• bold-faced
• boastful
• self-confident
• self-conceited
• fresh
• stuck-up
• imperious
• braggart
• high-handed
• self-interested
• brassbound
• self-absorbed
• self-centered
• self-involved
• self-seeking
• self-engrossed
• self-concerned
• self-infatuated
• self-obsessed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• unassuming
• humble
• lowly
• meek
• timid
• unassertive
• shy
• unpretentious
• retiring
• demure
• bashful
• down-to-earth
• timorous
• mousy
• diffident
• self-doubting

3

as in busy

thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited

some presuming waiter thought that it was his business to tell the expectant mother that she shouldn't be having even one glass of wine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• busy
• intruding
• presumptuous
• officious
• interfering
• meddling
• pushing
• intrusive
• annoying
• meddlesome
• prying
• protrusive
• obtrusive
• nosy
• rude
• pushy
• snoopy
• curious
• invading
• impudent
• impertinent
• brazen
• trespassing
• insolent
• bumptious
• inquisitive
• harassing
• pestiferous
• bold
• overbearing
• superserviceable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unobtrusive
• withdrawn
• silent
• uninvolved
• reticent
• quiet
• retiring
• reserved
• restrained
• inhibited
• reclusive
• taciturn
• hands-off
• subdued

presuming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of presume

1

as in assuming

to form an opinion from little or no evidence

I presume you'll fly if you do go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assuming
• guessing
• supposing
• suspecting
• thinking
• imagining
• speculating
• surmising
• conjecturing
• believing
• inferring
• suspicioning
• deducing
• daresaying
• concluding
• expecting
• hypothesizing
• theorizing
• gathering
• judging
• conceiving
• hypothecating
• reckoning
• taking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• establishing
• proving
• demonstrating
• documenting
• determining
• validating
• learning
• ascertaining
• substantiating
• finding out

2

as in saying

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

we should presume that a person is innocent until proven guilty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assuming
• saying
• believing
• supposing
• thinking
• presupposing
• concluding
• guessing
• postulating
• hypothesizing
• figuring
• premising
• insisting
• dreaming
• accepting
• imagining
• suspecting
• hypothecating
• inferring
• taking for granted
• claiming
• crediting
• deducing
• judging
• declaring
• speculating
• swallowing
• maintaining
• perceiving
• asserting
• contending
• surmising
• fancying
• conjecturing
• alleging
• theorizing
• conceiving
• affirming
• gathering
• taking
• reckoning
• professing
• suspicioning
• averring
• avowing
• preconceiving
• avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubting
• discounting
• questioning
• disputing
• denying
• challenging
• wondering (about)
• discrediting
• disbelieving
• controverting
• disagreeing (with)
• distrusting
• rejecting
• disclaiming
• repudiating
• disavowing
• mistrusting
• refuting
• disproving
• rebutting
• disowning
• belying
• confuting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of presuming

Verb

Waller is correct, though incorrect in presuming that market interventions properly telegraphed somehow result in good economic outcomes. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Congress can block it, but would need a veto-proof majority in both the House and Senate to do so—presuming Trump even wants the deal to go ahead. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Back home, monks had already begun performing last rite rituals for him, as his devout Buddhist wife and daughter mourned him, presuming him dead. — CBS News, 19 June 2026

There is an assumption of arrogance, of high expectations, of going into every major tournament presuming their team will win it. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Even more hilariously, 54 percent of Democrats went as far as presuming that even an 8-year-old boy could throw down his lunchbox and get the job done. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026

Think about more positive interpretations before presuming someone is insulting you. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2026

Later, when Shell expressed appreciation, Cipriani pitched Star Serenade, initially over the phone — presuming the executive would, at the least, boost its chance for an inside track at a green light. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026

The letter was apparently unconvincing, and the search began again, with detectives presuming suicide. — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026