assumed
Believed without proof
Assumed describes something taken on or adopted, often without proof or legitimacy.
An assumed name is a false identity.
An assumed fact is accepted without verification: We proceeded on the assumed premise that funding would continue.
Assumed authority suggests power claimed rather than granted.
The word implies a gap between appearance and reality.
Belief held without proof
- suppositionBelief without proof
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
speculation · presupposition · premise · postulation · guesswork · expectation · belief · anticipation
Accepted or assumed
- acquiredCame to possess
- embracedHeld someone warmly
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- appropriatedTook for one's use
borrowed · inherited · donned · undertaken · shouldered · claimed · seized · usurped
Suggested without stating
- tacitUnderstood without words
- understoodGrasped the meaning
- unspokenNot verbally expressed
- implicitUnderstood without being stated
inferred · unstated · unwritten · underlying · inherent · latent · suggested · hinted
Falsely displayed or simulated
- fakeNot the real thing
- falseNot matching reality
- shamFraudulent imitation
- simulatedMade to imitate reality
counterfeit · fictitious · phony · fabricated · mock · ersatz · pseudo · artificial
Overstepping appropriate boundaries
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
brazen · forward · impertinent · bold · cheeky · high-handed · uppity · overconfident
presumption
Belief held without proof
- suppositionBelief without proof
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
conjecture · speculation · presupposition · premise · postulation · guesswork · expectation · belief · anticipation · projection
taken on
Accepted or assumed
appropriated · borrowed · inherited · donned · undertaken · shouldered · claimed · seized · usurped · taken over
implied
Suggested without stating
- tacitUnderstood without words
- understoodGrasped the meaning
- unspokenNot verbally expressed
implicit · inferred · unstated · unwritten · underlying · inherent · latent · suggested · hinted · subtext
feigned
Falsely displayed or simulated
simulated · counterfeit · fictitious · phony · fabricated · mock · ersatz · pseudo · artificial · insincere
presumptuous
Overstepping appropriate boundaries
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
audacious · brazen · forward · impertinent · bold · cheeky · high-handed · uppity · overconfident · smug
- took onundertook, undertaken, tackled, shouldered, embraced
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- temporarytemporary, temp job, interim, temp worker, provisional
- hedgessomewhat, I think, slightly, I believe, fairly
assumedconfirmed
Established as accurate
verified · proven · established · validated · substantiated
assumedrelinquished
Gave up possession of
abdicated · surrendered · renounced · delegated · shed
- I assumePhrase preceding unverified belief
- assuming thatTreating as true for argument
- assumed nameAdopted false identity
- assume controlBegin governing or directing
- false assumptionIncorrect foundational belief
- assumed identityFabricated personal guise
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