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Est. 1828
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Synonyms of took for granted

  • as in said
  • as in said
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took for granted

phrase

past tense of take for granted
as in said
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

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  • said
  • assumed
  • presumed
  • believed
  • supposed
  • concluded
  • thought
  • guessed
  • dreamed
  • postulated
  • figured
  • hypothesized
  • insisted
  • accepted
  • premised
  • presupposed
  • imagined
  • suspected
  • swallowed
  • deduced
  • inferred
  • hypothecated
  • gathered
  • claimed
  • maintained
  • credited
  • speculated
  • judged
  • declared
  • surmised
  • took
  • contended
  • suspicioned
  • affirmed
  • conceived
  • fancied
  • asserted
  • perceived
  • reckoned
  • conjectured
  • theorized
  • alleged
  • professed
  • averred
  • preconceived
  • avowed
  • avouched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disagreed (with)
  • wondered (about)
  • challenged
  • doubted
  • questioned
  • discounted
  • disputed
  • distrusted
  • denied
  • discredited
  • controverted
  • rejected
  • mistrusted
  • repudiated
  • disowned
  • disavowed
  • disclaimed
  • disbelieved
  • refuted
  • rebutted
  • disproved
  • belied
  • confuted

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took for granted
took hold
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“Took for granted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/took%20for%20granted. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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