assuming
Accepting without proof
Assuming means taking something for granted without proof: Assuming you're right, what should we do next?
As an adjective, assuming describes someone who presumes too much or acts entitled: an assuming manner.
The participial use dominates—it functions almost as a conjunction introducing hypotheticals: Assuming the weather holds, we'll leave at dawn.
Supplied or given
- provided thatConditional conjunction phrase
- supposingConjecture as premise
- given thatAcknowledging a premise
- ifConditional clause marker
Assuming beforehand as true
- supposingConjecture as premise
- taking for grantedAssuming availability without thought
- positingAsserting something provisionally
- postulatingAssuming as basis for reasoning
hypothesizing · premising · accepting · believing · expecting · anticipating · imagining · considering
Disdainfully proud
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- high-handedDomineering without regard for others
imperious · supercilious · condescending · patronizing · conceited · smug · cocky · overconfident
Accepting or assuming
- adoptingTaking as one's own
- acceptingWilling to receive
- acquiringGaining possession of
- shoulderingCarrying on one's back
embracing · inheriting · receiving · claiming · seizing · appropriating · usurping · taking over
provided
Supplied or given
- provided thatConditional conjunction phrase
- supposingConjecture as premise
- given thatAcknowledging a premise
if · in case · on condition that · granting · allowing
presupposing
Assuming beforehand as true
- supposingConjecture as premise
- taking for grantedAssuming availability without thought
- positingAsserting something provisionally
postulating · hypothesizing · premising · accepting · believing · expecting · anticipating · imagining · considering · inferring
haughty
Disdainfully proud
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
high-handed · imperious · supercilious · condescending · patronizing · conceited · smug · cocky · overconfident · pushy
taking on
Accepting or assuming
shouldering · embracing · inheriting · receiving · claiming · seizing · appropriating · usurping · taking over · taking up
- putting ondonning, wearing, dressing, trying on, faking
- conjecturinghypothesizing, theorizing, speculating, conjecturing, supposing
- if possiblemaybe, perhaps, possibly, potentially, conceivably
- connectivesand, or, but, because, nor
- logic wordsand, or, not, therefore, ergo
- thinking habitsoverthinking, rumination, catastrophizing, negative thinking, positive thinking
assumingverifying
Confirming truth or accuracy
questioning · doubting · confirming · checking · investigating
assumingunassuming
Not making claims
humble · modest · deferential · self-effacing · unpretentious
- assuming thatTreating as true for argument
- assuming the positionAdopting a required stance
- assuming the mantleTaking on authority