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Synonyms & Antonyms of presumption
1
shameless boldness
- shocked by his presumption in insisting that we buy his raffle tickets
Synonyms for presumption
- audaciousness,
- audacity,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brassiness,
- brazenness,
- cheek,
- cheekiness,
- chutzpah
- (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa),
- crust,
- effrontery,
- face,
- gall,
- nerve,
- nerviness,
- pertness,
- presumptuousness,
- sauce,
- sauciness,
- temerity
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Near Antonyms for presumption
2
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
- the presumption of innocence
Synonyms for presumption
- assumption,
- given,
- hypothetical,
- if,
- postulate,
- premise
- (also premiss),
- presupposition,
- supposition
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The first known use of presumption was in the 13th century
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