Assume

Verb

 * 1) To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
 * 2) To take on a position or duty.
 * 3) To adopt an idea or cause.

Adverbs for Assume
presumptuously; gradually; voluntarily; dogmatically; hypothetically; commonly; vigorously; unconsciously; unlawfully; tacitly; boastfully; superciliously; playfully; theatrically; irritatingly; erroneously; gratuitously; whimsically; groundlessly; complacently; fallaciously; blandly; smugly; ungraciously; baselessly; traditionally; fundamentally; falsely; imperturbably; candidly; placidly; fatuously; humorously; viciously; unpardonably; arrogantly; innocently.

Synonyms for Assume
take, appropriate, adopt, put on, affect, arrogate.

Antonyms for Assume
put off, doubt, relinquish.

Thesaurus
accept; account as; accroach; acquire; act; act a part; act like; admit; adopt; affect; affirm; allegorize; allow; allude to; appropriate; arrogate; assert; assume; assume command; attack; attempt; aver; be afraid; believe; bluff; borrow; bring; bring to mind; buckle to; call for; camouflage; change; chorus; cloak; colonize; come by; come in for; commandeer; comprise; conceal; concede; conceive; conclude; connote; conquer; consider; contain; copy; counterfeit; cover up; crib; dare; daresay; deduce; deem; derive; derive from; disguise; dissemble; dissimulate; ditto; divine; do; do a bit; do like; don; drag down; dramatize; draw; draw from; draw on; dream; dress in; echo; embark in; embark upon; employ; encroach; endeavor; engage in; enslave; entail; enter on; enter upon; esteem; estimate; expect; fake; fall into; fall to; fancy; feel; feign; forge; four-flush; gain; gammon; gather; get; get into; get on; get under way; go about; go at; go in for; go into; go like; go upon; grab; grant; guess; have; have a hunch; have an idea; have an impression; have an inkling; have at; have coming in; have the idea; hazard; hide; hint; histrionize; hog; hoke; hoke up; hold; hold as; imagine; imitate; implicate; imply; import; indent; infer; infringe; insinuate; intimate; invade; involve; judge; jump a claim; launch forth; launch into; lay about; lead to; let; let be; let on; let on like; look upon as; maintain; make a pretense; make as if; make believe; make bold; make free; make free with; make like; make out like; make use of; mask; mean; mean to say; mirror; mock; monopolize; mount the throne; move into; obtain; occupy; opine; overact; overrun; pirate; pitch into; plagiarize; play; play God; play a part; play a scene; play possum; playact; plunge into; point indirectly to; posit; postulate; predicate; preempt; prefigure; premise; preoccupy; prepossess; presume; presuppose; presurmise; pretend; pretend to; proceed to; profess; provisionally accept; pull; pull down; put on; put on airs; receive; reckon; reecho; reflect; regard; repeat; repute; require; requisition; say; secure; seize; seize power; seize the throne; set about; set at; set down as; set forward; set going; set to; sham; simulate; sit on; slip on; snatch; squat on; steal; strike; subjugate; subsume; suggest; suppose; surmise; suspect; tackle; take; take all of; take charge; take command; take for; take for granted; take in; take it; take it all; take on; take over; take possession; take possession of; take the helm; take the lead; take the liberty; take to be; take up; think; throw; trespass; trow; tug the heartstrings; turn to; understand; undertake; use; usurp; venture; venture upon; view as; wear; ween

Etymology
From assumo:, from ad-: + sumo:.

Related terms

 * assumption
 * assumptive

Translations

 * Bulgarian: приемам, допускам
 * Chinese: 假定
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:, domnívat se
 * Danish:, formode
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: supozi
 * Finnish:


 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 仮定する (かていする, kateisuru)
 * Portuguese:, presupor, presumir
 * Romanian: presupune, prepune
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: поемам, заемам
 * Chinese: 擔任；承接
 * Czech: zaujmout
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:


 * German:, ,
 * Japanese: 負う (おう, ou), 引き受ける(ひきうける, hikiukeru)
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese: 採納；接受
 * Czech: nabrat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akcepti


 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * amuses, Seamus

Anagrams

 * amuses, amusés, massue, muasse, suâmes, usâmes