Synonyms of the word presume


PRESUMEACT - ANTICIPATE - ASSUME - BEHAVE - DARE - DO - EVIDENCE - EXPECT - MOVE - PROVE - SHOW - TESTIFY

presume

  • v. (transitive, now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
  • v. (transitive) With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority…
  • v. (transitive) To assume to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
  • v. (intransitive) To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).

act

  • n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
  • n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
  • n. The process of doing something.
  • n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
  • n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
  • n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
  • n. (countable) Any organized activity.
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
  • n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
  • v. (intransitive) To do something.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
  • v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
  • v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  • v. (transitive) To play (a role).
  • v. (transitive) To feign.
  • v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

anticipate

  • v. (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
  • v. to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
  • v. to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
  • v. to eagerly wait for (something).

assume

  • v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
  • v. To take on a position, duty or form.
  • v. To adopt a feigned quality or manner.
  • v. To receive or adopt.
  • v. To adopt an idea or cause.

behave

  • v. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
  • v. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
  • v. (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.

dare

  • v. (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
  • v. (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something).
  • v. (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
  • v. (transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
  • v. (transitive) To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc…
  • n. A challenge to prove courage.
  • n. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
  • n. Defiance; challenge.
  • v. (obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
  • v. (obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.
  • n. A small fish, the dace.

do

  • v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
  • v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
  • v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
  • v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
  • v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
  • v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
  • v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
  • v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
  • v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
  • v. To cook.
  • v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
  • v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
  • v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
  • v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
  • v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
  • v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
  • v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
  • v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
  • v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
  • v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
  • v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
  • v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
  • v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
  • v. (transitive) To take drugs.
  • v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
  • n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
  • n. (informal) A hairdo.
  • n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
  • n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
  • n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
  • n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
  • n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
  • n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
  • adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.

evidence

  • n. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
  • n. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
  • n. One who bears witness.
  • v. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

expect

  • v. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or…
  • v. To consider obligatory or required.
  • v. To consider reasonably due.
  • v. (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

prove

  • v. (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
  • v. (copulative) To turn out to be.
  • v. (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
  • v. (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To experience.
  • v. (printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
  • v. simple past tense of proove.

show

  • v. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
  • v. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
  • v. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
  • v. (transitive) To guide or escort.
  • v. (intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
  • v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
  • v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
  • n. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
  • n. (countable) An exhibition of items.
  • n. (countable) A demonstration.
  • n. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
  • n. (countable) A movie.
  • n. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
  • n. A project or presentation.
  • n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
  • n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
  • n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
  • n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

testify

  • v. To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
  • v. To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.

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