presuming
Acting without permission
Presuming means taking something for granted or assuming without proof: Presuming you're free tonight, let's have dinner.
It often introduces a conditional assumption.
Someone presuming to do something acts boldly or presumptuously, taking liberties they may not be entitled to: Who is he, presuming to speak for all of us?
Proposing untested explanations
- supposingConjecture as premise
- surmisingInferring without certainty
- conjecturingInferring without proof
- postulatingAssuming as basis for reasoning
inferring · speculating · guessing · theorizing · deducing · extrapolating · estimating · presupposing
Adventurous courage
- boldCourageous and daring
- brazenShamelessly bold
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
- impudentDisrespectfully bold
overstepping · forward · brash · cheeky · insolent · arrogant · overconfident · uppity
hypothesizing
Proposing untested explanations
- supposingConjecture as premise
- surmisingInferring without certainty
- conjecturingInferring without proof
postulating · inferring · speculating · guessing · theorizing · deducing · extrapolating · estimating · presupposing · taking for granted
daring
Adventurous courage
- boldCourageous and daring
- brazenShamelessly bold
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
impudent · overstepping · forward · brash · cheeky · insolent · arrogant · overconfident · uppity · pushy
- conjecturinghypothesizing, theorizing, speculating, conjecturing, supposing
- certaintycertain, sure, uncertain, unsure, definite
- disrespectinsulting, belittling, demeaning, mocking, ridiculing
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- conditionalsif, then, if clause, if clauses, else
presuminghumble
Unassuming about oneself
unassuming · modest · deferential · meek · unpretentious