Synonyms of take for granted

take for granted

phrase

as in say

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

I took for granted that my car would start in the morning.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• say
• assume
• presume
• believe
• think
• suppose
• conclude
• guess
• postulate
• figure
• hypothesize
• presuppose
• accept
• dream
• premise
• insist
• imagine
• credit
• infer
• hypothecate
• deduce
• suspect
• maintain
• swallow
• judge
• claim
• speculate
• gather
• declare
• take
• surmise
• contend
• conceive
• fancy
• assert
• conjecture
• perceive
• reckon
• affirm
• suspicion
• aver
• theorize
• profess
• preconceive
• allege
• avouch
• avow

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disagree (with)
• challenge
• doubt
• question
• discount
• dispute
• wonder (about)
• distrust
• mistrust
• discredit
• deny
• reject
• controvert
• disbelieve
• repudiate
• disclaim
• refute
• disprove
• rebut
• disavow
• disown
• confute
• belie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of take for granted

This is not something to take for granted in the Republican Party. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Apr. 2023

After he was sworn into office at the state armory in Hartford, Lamont, who turned 69 on Tuesday, urged the crowd to never take for granted that there has always been a smooth transition of power in Connecticut. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2023

For example, many departments and agencies were instrumental in developing and launching the internet, which many people might take for granted today. — Neal Lane, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2022

Allergy, like the rest of the immune system, is a hot, complicated mess—a common fixture of modern living that many of us take for granted, but that remains, in so many cases, a mystery. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022