Synonyms of the word

premiss

• n. Alternative spelling of premise.
• v. Alternative spelling of premise.

assumption

• n. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
• n. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
• n. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
• n. (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
• n. The taking of a person up into heaven.
• n. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
• n. (rhetoric) Assumptio.

posit

• n. Something that is posited; a postulate.
• n. (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
• v. Assume the existence of; to postulate.
• v. Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
• v. Put (something somewhere) firmly.

postulate

• n. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a…
• n. A fundamental element; a basic principle.
• n. (logic) An axiom.
• n. A requirement; a prerequisite.
• adj. Postulated.
• v. To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical…
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.

premise

• n. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of…
• n. (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
• n. (usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning…
• n. (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
• n. The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
• v. To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
• v. To make a premise.
• v. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to…
• v. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

presuppose

• v. To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.

suppose

• v. (transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
• v. (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
• v. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
• v. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
• v. To put by fraud in the place of another.