Synonyms of presupposes

presupposes

verb

present tense third-person singular of presuppose

as in assumes

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

the book presupposes its readers will already know something about the subject

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of presupposes

But the samurai genre already presupposes a fictitious otherworldly place, and everyday normalcy simply doesn’t exist there, Kurosawa said. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

On his Instagram story, the producer Hudson Mohawke wrote that the uproar around the detection tool’s findings presupposes the very conditions of the music industry. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 June 2026

However, this theory presupposes that the CIA even has anything to hide from the public to begin with. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 7 Jan. 2026

There’s an improv-exercise quality to the premise, one that presupposes that adding more factors — a wacky aunt played by Jamie Lee Curtis, a weird brother played by Spike Fearn; Kumail Nanjiani is in the mix too — will somehow build out a more robust universe. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025

The new arrangement under Xi presupposes the absence of rivals. — Deng Yuwen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025

The framing already presupposes anthropocentrism. — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025

That phrase, au naturel, presupposes a commonsense distinction between nature and history. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025

That presupposes a sophomore jump-not-slump from QB Drake Maye. — Greg Cote september 4, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025