assumed

adjective

as·sumed ə-ˈsümd How to pronounce assumed (audio)

: not true or real : deliberately pretended or feigned

an assumed cheerfulness

an assumed air of indifference

: false, fictitious

an assumed name

: taken for granted : supposed

the assumed reason for his absence

assumedly

ə-ˈsü-məd-lē How to pronounce assumed (audio)

adverb

The hotel has seven rentable rooms on the third floor, assumedly for those who need to render themselves supine after an attack on the elaborate fare.

Horace Sutton

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web McLeod was teaching English in El Salvador under an assumed name, say authorities.

Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022 Her mother was an illustrator, and her father, who had entered the United States under an assumed name at 16, was a linguist.

New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Under an assumed identity, the protagonist tries to ingratiate himself with Aspern’s widow and daughter, and in the course of the ruse acts abominably.

Ada Calhoun, The Atlantic, 11 July 2022 In the United States, Kravchenko was obliged to move about under an assumed name: Peter Martin.

Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022 Zawahiri made at least one visit to the United States in the 1990s, a brief tour of California mosques under an assumed name to raise money for Muslim charities providing support for Afghan refugees.

Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 The investigators learned Honsch had remarried and was living under an assumed name with his new wife and their three new sons in Dalton, Ohio.

Hartford Courant, 13 July 2022 Jumping from an assumed inflation rate of 2.4% to a rate of 4% reduces the net return on the typical portfolio from 4.6% to 3%.

Winnie Sun, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Sprinter Iuliia Stepanova, currently serving a ban, detailed practices like traveling under assumed names while training.

The Editors, Outside Online, 4 Dec. 2014 See More

assumed 1 of 2

adjective

as in presumed

appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed an assumed connection between the two species that has yet to be confirmed by fossil findings

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

presumed
apparent
supposed
possible
probable
seeming
obvious
evident
reputed
alleged
likely
prima facie
ostensible
putative
plausible
claimed
visible
ostensive
demonstrable
superficial
conceivable
distinct
pretended
supposable
purported
manifest
external
imaginary
misleading
outward
professed
clear
illusory
feigned
illusive
faked
plain
deceptive
pseudo
delusive
specious
delusory
fake
phony
put-on
so-called
phoney

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

hidden
unlikely
impossible
confirmed
implausible
inconceivable
actual
sure
improbable
real
valid
established
inapparent
genuine
validated
substantiated
verified
corroborated
authenticated

as in strained

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality the salesclerk's assumed friendliness vanished as soon as I assured her I was just looking

Synonyms & Similar Words

strained
mock
pretended
affected
false
unnatural
forced
exaggerated
simulated
fake
pseudo
mechanical
contrived
calculated
feigned
artificial
plastic
spurious
bogus
theatrical
factitious
sham
cute
manufactured
phony
empty
concocted
hollow
put-on
unreal
automatic
fabricated
deliberate
labored
studied
pat
unrealistic
phoney
formal
canned
theatric
cultivated
conscious
hypocritical
stiff
hokey
conventional
insincere
facile
overdone
wooden
stylized
rigid
melodramatic
mealymouthed
unctuous
unauthentic
premeditated
two-faced
impersonal
mealy
histrionic
simpering
cutesy
overacted
mincing
overrefined
left-handed
genteel
inflexible
double-dealing
artful
goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

unaffected
true
real
genuine
natural
spontaneous
realistic
right
bona fide
unfeigned
authentic
honest
artless
easy
sincere
uncontrived
unforced
smooth
unconscious
effortless
instinctive
unstudied
impulsive
ingenuous
unpretending
impromptu
extemporaneous
unprompted
unrehearsed

assumed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of assume

as in accepted

to take to or upon oneself we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

accepted
shouldered
undertook
embraced
adopted
bore
advocated
acquiesced
took over
agreed
endorsed
assented
consented
espoused
championed
acceded
upheld
reassumed
supported
backed
stood by
indorsed
took up
reaccepted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

disclaimed
disavowed
refused
repudiated
renounced
rejected
withdrew
disowned
avoided
retracted
recanted
declined
abjured
spurned
took back
relinquished
bypassed
abandoned
refrained (from)
surrendered
abstained (from)
forbore
forsook
spurned
detoured
unsaid
backtracked
gave up
turned down
backed down
backed off
abnegated

as in said

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert

Synonyms & Similar Words

presumed
said
believed
thought
supposed
guessed
figured
hypothesized
concluded
postulated
presupposed
accepted
insisted
premised
dreamed
imagined
suspected
inferred
surmised
claimed
deduced
speculated
declared
hypothecated
conjectured
asserted
took for granted
perceived
maintained
judged
credited
swallowed
theorized
contended
suspicioned
conceived
reckoned
affirmed
fancied
alleged
gathered
professed
took
averred
dreamt
avowed
preconceived
avouched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

doubted
questioned
wondered (about)
challenged
disputed
denied
discounted
distrusted
rejected
disagreed (with)
controverted
discredited
disclaimed
disavowed
repudiated
disbelieved
mistrusted
disowned
disproved
refuted
belied
rebutted
confuted

as in guessed

to form an opinion from little or no evidence as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask

Synonyms & Similar Words

guessed
presumed
supposed
thought
suspected
surmised
believed
speculated
imagined
conjectured
suspicioned
inferred
deduced
expected
concluded
hypothesized
theorized
daresaid
gathered
conceived
reckoned
judged
hypothecated
took

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

proved
demonstrated
established
determined
documented
ascertained
validated
learned
substantiated
found out

as in pretended

to present a false appearance of she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date

Synonyms & Similar Words

pretended
simulated
acted
affected
feigned
professed
made believe
shammed
posed
concealed
forged
faked
dissembled
bluffed
counterfeited
played
masqueraded
put on
imitated
disguised
impersonated
masked
dissimulated
camouflaged
passed (for)
let on
playacted
feinted
malingered

as in employed

to provide with a paying job assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm

Synonyms & Similar Words

employed
hired
recruited
paid
retained
engaged
placed
enlisted
laid on
promoted
feed
took on
signed (up or on)
contracted
rehired
subcontracted
reengaged
reemployed
partnered
apprenticed
re-engaged
upgraded
jobbed
scouted
re-employed
advanced
headhunted
kept (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

dismissed
discharged
fired
canned
sacked
laid off
axed
locked out
furloughed

单词	assumed
释义	assumed adjective as·sumed ə-ˈsümd 1 : not true or real : deliberately pretended or feigned an assumed cheerfulness an assumed air of indifference : false, fictitious an assumed name 2 : taken for granted : supposed the assumed reason for his absence assumedly ə-ˈsü-məd-lē adverb The hotel has seven rentable rooms on the third floor, assumedly for those who need to render themselves supine after an attack on the elaborate fare. Horace Sutton Synonyms apparent evident ostensible ostensive presumed prima facie putative reputed seeming supposed See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web McLeod was teaching English in El Salvador under an assumed name, say authorities. Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022 Her mother was an illustrator, and her father, who had entered the United States under an assumed name at 16, was a linguist. New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Under an assumed identity, the protagonist tries to ingratiate himself with Aspern’s widow and daughter, and in the course of the ruse acts abominably. Ada Calhoun, The Atlantic, 11 July 2022 In the United States, Kravchenko was obliged to move about under an assumed name: Peter Martin. Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022 Zawahiri made at least one visit to the United States in the 1990s, a brief tour of California mosques under an assumed name to raise money for Muslim charities providing support for Afghan refugees. Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 The investigators learned Honsch had remarried and was living under an assumed name with his new wife and their three new sons in Dalton, Ohio. Hartford Courant, 13 July 2022 Jumping from an assumed inflation rate of 2.4% to a rate of 4% reduces the net return on the typical portfolio from 4.6% to 3%. Winnie Sun, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Sprinter Iuliia Stepanova, currently serving a ban, detailed practices like traveling under assumed names while training. The Editors, Outside Online, 4 Dec. 2014 See More Word History First Known Use 1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing assumed assumed name assumed name assumed 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in presumed appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed an assumed connection between the two species that has yet to be confirmed by fossil findings Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance presumed apparent supposed possible probable seeming obvious evident reputed alleged likely prima facie ostensible putative plausible claimed visible ostensive demonstrable superficial conceivable distinct pretended supposable purported manifest external imaginary misleading outward professed clear illusory feigned illusive faked plain deceptive pseudo delusive specious delusory fake phony put-on so-called phoney Antonyms & Near Antonyms hidden unlikely impossible confirmed implausible inconceivable actual sure improbable real valid established inapparent genuine validated substantiated verified corroborated authenticated See More 2 as in strained lacking in natural or spontaneous quality the salesclerk's assumed friendliness vanished as soon as I assured her I was just looking Synonyms & Similar Words strained mock pretended affected false unnatural forced exaggerated simulated fake pseudo mechanical contrived calculated feigned artificial plastic spurious bogus theatrical factitious sham cute manufactured phony empty concocted hollow put-on unreal automatic fabricated deliberate labored studied pat unrealistic phoney formal canned theatric cultivated conscious hypocritical stiff hokey conventional insincere facile overdone wooden stylized rigid melodramatic mealymouthed unctuous unauthentic premeditated two-faced impersonal mealy histrionic simpering cutesy overacted mincing overrefined left-handed genteel inflexible double-dealing artful goody-goody Antonyms & Near Antonyms unaffected true real genuine natural spontaneous realistic right bona fide unfeigned authentic honest artless easy sincere uncontrived unforced smooth unconscious effortless instinctive unstudied impulsive ingenuous unpretending impromptu extemporaneous unprompted unrehearsed See More assumed 2 of 2 verb past tense of assume 1 as in accepted to take to or upon oneself we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard Synonyms & Similar Words accepted shouldered undertook embraced adopted bore advocated acquiesced took over agreed endorsed assented consented espoused championed acceded upheld reassumed supported backed stood by indorsed took up reaccepted Antonyms & Near Antonyms disclaimed disavowed refused repudiated renounced rejected withdrew disowned avoided retracted recanted declined abjured spurned took back relinquished bypassed abandoned refrained (from) surrendered abstained (from) forbore forsook spurned detoured unsaid backtracked gave up turned down backed down backed off abnegated See More 2 as in said to take as true or as a fact without actual proof everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert Synonyms & Similar Words presumed said believed thought supposed guessed figured hypothesized concluded postulated presupposed accepted insisted premised dreamed imagined suspected inferred surmised claimed deduced speculated declared hypothecated conjectured asserted took for granted perceived maintained judged credited swallowed theorized contended suspicioned conceived reckoned affirmed fancied alleged gathered professed took averred dreamt avowed preconceived avouched Antonyms & Near Antonyms doubted questioned wondered (about) challenged disputed denied discounted distrusted rejected disagreed (with) controverted discredited disclaimed disavowed repudiated disbelieved mistrusted disowned disproved refuted belied rebutted confuted See More 3 as in guessed to form an opinion from little or no evidence as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask Synonyms & Similar Words guessed presumed supposed thought suspected surmised believed speculated imagined conjectured suspicioned inferred deduced expected concluded hypothesized theorized daresaid gathered conceived reckoned judged hypothecated took Antonyms & Near Antonyms proved demonstrated established determined documented ascertained validated learned substantiated found out See More 4 as in pretended to present a false appearance of she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date Synonyms & Similar Words pretended simulated acted affected feigned professed made believe shammed posed concealed forged faked dissembled bluffed counterfeited played masqueraded put on imitated disguised impersonated masked dissimulated camouflaged passed (for) let on playacted feinted malingered 5 as in employed to provide with a paying job assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm Synonyms & Similar Words employed hired recruited paid retained engaged placed enlisted laid on promoted feed took on signed (up or on) contracted rehired subcontracted reengaged reemployed partnered apprenticed re-engaged upgraded jobbed scouted re-employed advanced headhunted kept (on) Antonyms & Near Antonyms dismissed discharged fired canned sacked laid off axed locked out furloughed See More
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