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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of suppose

1 to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

  • if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses
Synonyms of suppose

calculate, call, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge (also gage), guess, judge, make, place, put, reckon
Words Related to suppose

conclude, deduce, extrapolate, gather, infer, reason, understand
Near Antonyms of suppose

calibrate, measure, scale

compute, work out

2 to form an opinion from little or no evidence

  • what do you suppose heʼs going to do with the prize money he won?
Synonyms of suppose

assume, conjecture, daresay, guess, imagine, presume, speculate, surmise, suspect, suspicion [chiefly dialect]
Words Related to suppose

conclude, deduce, gather, infer

hypothecate, hypothesize, theorize

believe, conceive, expect, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], take, think
Near Antonyms of suppose

demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate, validate

ascertain, determine, find out, learn

3 to have as an opinion

  • voters wrongly supposed that the new mayor would be opposed to letting hazardous waste be transported through the city
Synonyms of suppose

allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], believe, conceive, consider, deem, esteem, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], think
Words Related to suppose

regard, view

accept, perceive

depend, rely, trust

assume, presume, presuppose, surmise

conclude, deduce, infer
Near Antonyms of suppose

distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, suspect

disbelieve, discredit, reject

4 to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

  • had always supposed that her father would bequeath the family farm to her
Synonyms of suppose

assume, hypothecate, hypothesize, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, say
Words Related to suppose

accept, believe, credit, swallow

conclude, deduce, gather, infer, judge, take

conjecture, figure, guess, reckon [chiefly dialect], surmise, suspect, suspicion [chiefly dialect], think

conceive, dream, fancy, imagine, perceive, preconceive

speculate, theorize

affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess
Phrases Synonymous with suppose

take for granted
Near Antonyms of suppose

challenge, controvert, disagree (with), disbelieve, discount, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, wonder (about)

deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, repudiate

belie, confute, disprove, rebut, refute

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