ASSUME: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ASSUME?

Need another word that means the same as “assume”? Find 73 synonyms and 30 related words for “assume” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Assume” are: feign, sham, simulate, don, get into, put on, wear, accept, bear, take over, arrogate, seize, usurp, acquire, adopt, take, take on, strike, take up, presume, take for granted, suppose, take it, take as read, take it as given, presuppose, conjecture, surmise, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, reckon, reason, guess, imagine, think, fancy, suspect, expect, believe, be of the opinion, understand, be given to understand, gather, glean, shoulder, undertake, take on oneself, manage, handle, deal with, get to grips with, turn one's hand to, take possession of, take away, appropriate, commandeer, expropriate, confiscate, requisition, hijack, wrest, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, claim, lay claim to, come to have, fake, counterfeit, affect, impersonate

Assume as a Verb

Definitions of "Assume" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “assume” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Take up someone's soul into heaven.
• Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
• Make a pretence of.
• Take or begin to have (power or responsibility.
• Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.
• Take on or adopt (a manner or identity), sometimes falsely.
• Occupy or take on.
• Begin to have (a specified quality, appearance, or extent.
• Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.
• Put clothing on one's body.
• Seize (power or control.
• Suppose to be the case, without proof.
• Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof.
• Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities.

Synonyms of "Assume" as a verb (73 Words)

accept	Make use of or accept for some purpose. People did not accept atonal music at that time.
acquire	Buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself. Children acquire language at an amazing rate.
adopt	Legally take (another’s child) and bring it up as one’s own. They adopted two children from Nicaragua.
affect	Have an effect on; make a difference to. This new ruling affects your business.
appropriate	Take possession of by force, as after an invasion. The accused had appropriated the property.
arrogate	Demand as being one’s due or property; assert one’s right or title to. They arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation s true interests.
arrogate to oneself	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one’s right or possession.
be given to understand	Represent, as of a character on stage.
be of the opinion	Represent, as of a character on stage.
bear	Give birth to (a child. A small boat bearing a white flag.
believe	Follow a credo have a faith be a believer. The deal is believed to be worth around 15 million.
claim	Ask for legally or make a legal claim to as of debts for example. He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter.
come to have	Proceed or get along.
come to the conclusion	Develop into.
commandeer	Officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes. A nearby house had been commandeered by the army.
conclude	Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation. They concluded an economic agreement.
confiscate	Take or seize (someone’s property) with authority. The guards confiscated his camera.
conjecture	Form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information. Many conjectured that the jury could not agree.
counterfeit	Resemble closely. No pretence could have counterfeited such terror.
deal with	Take action with respect to (someone or something.
deduce	Trace the course or derivation of. They deduced that the fish died because of water pollution.
don	Put clothing on one’s body. The princess donned a long blue dress.
draw the inference	Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.
expect	Consider obligatory request and expect. They re just friends of his I expect.
expropriate	Dispossess (someone) of property. The Communist government expropriated the landowners.
fake	Pretend to feel or have (an emotion, illness, or injury. The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it.
fancy	Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for. I fancy him to win the tournament.
feign	Make believe with the intent to deceive. She feigned nervousness.
gather	Collect or gather. The destroyer gathered speed.
get into	Give certain properties to something.
get to grips with	Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone.
glean	Collect gradually. The information is gleaned from press cuttings.
guess	Form a correct conclusion about something by guessing. She guessed the child s age at 14 or 15.
handle	Handle effectively. Heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle.
help oneself to	Improve; change for the better.
hijack	Seize control of. They hijacked the judicial process.
imagine	Form a mental image or concept of. I couldn t imagine what she expected to tell them.
impersonate	Assume or act the character of. It s a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer.
infer	Guess correctly; solve by guessing. From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing.
lay claim to	Lay eggs.
manage	Be the manager of a sports team or a performer. He managed five or six bands in his career.
presume	Constitute reasonable evidence for. The argument presumes that only one person can do the work.
presuppose	Tacitly assume at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action that something is the case. This step presupposes two prior ones.
put on	Adapt.
reason	Present reasons and arguments. Humans do not reason entirely from facts.
reckon	Judge to be probable. I reckon to get away by two thirty.
requisition	Make a formal request for official services. A stakeholder has requisitioned an extraordinary general meeting.
seize	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. Police have seized 726 lb of cocaine.
sham	Make a pretence of. Was he ill or was he shamming.
shoulder	Lift onto one s shoulders. He shouldered his way through the seething mass of children.
simulate	Make a pretence of. It was impossible to force a smile to simulate pleasure.
strike	Undertake strike action against an employer. Strike a medal.
suppose	Take for granted or as a given suppose beforehand. I m quite a good actress I suppose.
surmise	Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it. He surmised that something must be wrong.
suspect	Have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof. I suspect he is a fugitive.
take	Take by force. Take the A43 towards Bicester.
take as read	Accept or undergo, often unwillingly.
take away	Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.
take for granted	Have with oneself; have on one’s person.
take it	Accept or undergo, often unwillingly.
take it as given	Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route.
take on	Occupy or take on.
take on oneself	Carry out.
take over	Obtain by winning.
take possession of	Experience or feel or submit to.
take up	Be a student of a certain subject.
think	Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation. Think good thoughts.
turn one's hand to	Go sour or spoil.
understand	Be understanding of. I understand how you feel.
undertake	Accept as a charge. A lorry driver implicitly undertakes that he is reasonably skilled as a driver.
usurp	Take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally; supplant. The Church had usurped upon the domain of the state.
wear	Have in one s aspect wear an expression of one s attitude or personality. They wear a frozen smile on their faces.
wrest	Take (something, especially power or control) after considerable effort or difficulty. Wrest power from the old government.

Usage Examples of "Assume" as a verb

• He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town.
• The rebels assumed control of the capital.
• This is the day when Mary was assumed into heaven.
• Topics which assume detailed knowledge of local events.
• The gods assume human or animal form in these fables.
• He assumes the lotus position.
• When will the new President assume office?
• I assume his train was late.
• They were assumed to be foreign.
• She puts on a disguise, assumes a different persona, and cruises the squalid bars on the bad side of town.
• The queen assumed the stately robes.
• She assumed strange manners.
• It is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social effects.
• She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger.
• Oliver assumed an expression of penitence.
• Militant activity had assumed epidemic proportions.
• He assumed full responsibility for all organizational work.

Associations of "Assume" (30 Words)

anticipate	Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time. They failed to anticipate a full scale invasion.
anticipation	The action of anticipating something; expectation or prediction. Her eyes sparkled with anticipation.
anticipatory	Happening, performed, or felt in anticipation of something. An anticipatory flash of excitement.
assumption	Arrogance or presumption. He acquired all the company s assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company s debts.
conjecture	To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. A matter for conjecture.
expect	Consider obligatory request and expect. I m expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed.
expectancy	The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something good, will happen. An indicator of expectancy in development.
expectation	Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment. Reality had not lived up to expectations.
extrapolate	Extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data. It is always dangerous to extrapolate from a sample.
forecast	Judge to be probable. Rain is forecast for Scotland.
foresee	Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time. We did not foresee any difficulties.
guess	Put forward of a guess in spite of possible refutation. She guessed the child s age at 14 or 15.
guesswork	The process or results of guessing. Answering this question will involve you in a certain amount of guesswork.
hypothesis	A proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. A scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory.
infer	Guess correctly; solve by guessing. From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing.
inference	A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. His emphasis on order and health and by inference cleanliness.
maybe	By chance. No ifs buts or maybes.
predict	Make a prediction about tell in advance. It is too early to predict a result.
predictive	Denoting or relating to a system for using data already stored in a computer or mobile phone to generate the letters or words a user is likely to enter next, on the basis of those that have already been entered. Predictive typing allows you to type faster.
presumably	By reasonable assumption. Presumably he missed the train.
presume	Make unjustified demands; take liberties. Two of the journalists went missing and are presumed dead.
presumption	An attitude adopted in law or as a matter of policy towards an action or proposal in the absence of acceptable reasons to the contrary. Underlying presumptions about human nature.
presuppose	Tacitly assume at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action that something is the case. I presuppose that you have done your work.
putative	Generally considered or reputed to be. The putative author of the book.
speculate	To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. He didn t look as though he had the money to speculate in shares.
speculation	An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits. This is pure speculation on my part.
suppose	Expect believe or suppose. I shouldn t have been in the study I m not supposed to go in there.
supposedly	According to what is generally assumed or believed (often used to indicate that the speaker doubts the truth of the statement. There were rumours of a rift between him and his colleagues supposedly because they were jealous of his relationship with the Duchess.
supposition	A belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis. They were working on the supposition that his death was murder.
surmise	A supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it. He surmised that something must be wrong.