predicated
Built on assumptions
Predicated means based or founded on something else.
An argument or plan predicated on certain assumptions depends on those assumptions being true: The whole strategy was predicated on low interest rates.
The word comes from formal logic, where to predicate is to assert something about a subject.
In grammar, the predicate is the part of a sentence that says something about the subject.
Founded on assumptions
- groundedStable and realistic
- foundedBegan an institution
- rootedFirmly established in place
- anchoredFixed securely in position
established · built · constructed · rested · hinged · dependent · contingent · derived
Conditional or representative group
- dependentRequiring outside support
- qualifiedMeeting necessary standards
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- stipulatedRequired as a condition
clause · proviso · prerequisite · requirement · condition · if-then · caveat · circumstantial
Believed without certainty
- supposedAssumed to be true
- taken-for-grantedPresumed without acknowledgment
- believedAccepted as true
- consideredThought about carefully
deemed · inferred · implied · understood · accepted · expected · anticipated · surmised
premised
Founded on assumptions
anchored · established · built · constructed · rested · hinged · dependent · contingent · derived · supported
contingent
Conditional or representative group
- dependentRequiring outside support
- qualifiedMeeting necessary standards
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
stipulated · clause · proviso · prerequisite · requirement · condition · if-then · caveat · circumstantial · situational
presumed
Believed without certainty
- supposedAssumed to be true
- taken-for-grantedPresumed without acknowledgment
- believedAccepted as true
considered · deemed · inferred · implied · understood · accepted · expected · anticipated · surmised · postulated
premise
Foundation for logical argument
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
statement · claim · reasoning · inference · deduction · conclusion · syllogism · postulate · thesis · affirmation
predicatedindependent
Free from external control
autonomous · unconditional · freestanding · groundless · self-sufficient
predicatedself-evident
Requiring no demonstration
axiomatic · assumed · presupposed · unsubstantiated · arbitrary