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presuming
Synonyms and Antonyms of presuming
1
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin (also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, pontificating
condescending, disdainful, patronizing
blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering, vain, vainglorious
complacent, conceited, egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), hubristic, narcissistic, orgulous, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up
self-flattering, self-loving, self-promoting
brash, forward, uninhibited, unreserved
extroverted (also extraverted), immodest
2
showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty
arrogant, bumptious, complacent, conceited, egoistic (also egoistical), egomaniacal, egotistic (or egotistical), highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-hat, hoity-toity, important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
cavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, pretentious, snobbish, stuck-up, supercilious, superior
audacious, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, overbold, pert, sassy, saucy
confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure
domineering, high-handed, imperious
self-absorbed, self-centered, self-concerned, self-engrossed, self-infatuated, self-interested, self-involved, selfish, self-obsessed, self-seeking
demure, down-to-earth, humble, lowly, meek, unassertive, unpretentious
3
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited
busy, interfering, intruding, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy (or nosey), obtrusive, officious, presumptuous, protrusive, prying, pushing, pushy, snoopy
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