Synonyms for presumption
prɪˈzʌmp ʃənpre·sump·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. presumption

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assertion, assumption, assurance, boldness, confidence, effrontery, impudence, self-assertion, self-confidence, self-reliance, trust

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. presumption

   Synonyms:
   anticipation, supposition, hypothesis, probability, assumption, understanding, condition, concession, forwardness, arrogance, audacity, boldness

   Antonyms:
   proof, deduction, inference, demonstration, verification, fact, certainty, modesty, diffidence, backwardness, bashfulness, hesitation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. given, presumption, preconditionnoun

   an assumption that is taken for granted

   Synonyms:
   condition, precondition, presumptuousness, assumption, given, effrontery, stipulation

2. presumptionnoun

   (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

   Synonyms:
   assumption, precondition, given, effrontery, presumptuousness

3. presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumptionnoun

   audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

   "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

   Synonyms:
   precondition, supposal, presumptuousness, assumption, given, premiss, premise, effrontery, supposition, laying claim

4. presumptionnoun

   a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming

   "his presumption was intolerable"

   Synonyms:
   assumption, precondition, given, effrontery, presumptuousness

Matched Categories

1. • Discourtesy
   • Inference
   • Law

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. presumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   opinion, belief, supposition, conjecture, guess

2. presumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, forwardness, audacity, assurance, effrontery, brass, CHEEK

3. presumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   probability, ground for believing

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1. List of paraphrases for "presumption":

   assumption, presumptive, deeming, presumed, presumptions, deemed, supposition, suspicion, conceit

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1. Rachael Denhollander:

   My presumption was he knew something I didn't know.

2. Cindi Duchow:

   Our current bail system is not properly balancing public safety and the presumption of innocence, we should empower judges and court commissioners to set common-sense, constitutional parameters for pre-trial release.

3. Vice President Biden:

   For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, youve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what shes talking about is real, whether or not she forgets facts, whether or not its been made worse or better over time, but nobody fails to understand that this is like jumping into a cauldron.

4. Andrew Smith:

   The judgment is a welcome reminder of the presumption against extraterritoriality in English criminal law.

5. Alanna Coopersmith:

   I understand many people observing this case are interested in constitutional freedom and I would remind them that one important constitutional freedom is the presumption of innocence, due process of law and due process in a courtroom, not on social media or the Internet.