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Pronunciation:
[ ɐsˈʌmptɪv], [ ɐsˈʌmptɪv], [ ɐ_s_ˈʌ_m_p_t_ɪ_v]
Assumptive is a word used to describe someone who makes assumptions without proper evidence or justification. Synonyms for this word include presumptuous, presumptive, and overconfident. Other related words include self-assured, haughty, and arrogant. These words all describe a person who has an inflated sense of self and tends to overlook details that don't fit their preconceptions. Other synonyms include judgemental, opinionated, and dogmatic. Regardless of which synonym you choose, the word carries a negative connotation and describes someone who should be careful with their assumptions and judgments. It's important to be aware of these tendencies and work on developing critical thinking skills to avoid making assumptions without proper evidence.
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Synonyms for Assumptive:
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adj.
• all • hypothetical- Postulated ,
- hypo thetical ,
- hypo-thetical ,
- in definite ,
- in determinate ,
- in-definite ,
- more concocted ,
- more conjecturable ,
- more contestable ,
- more postulated ,
- more presupposed ,
- more pretending ,
- more refutable ,
- more stochastic ,
- more unconfirmed ,
- most concocted ,
- most conjecturable ,
- most contestable ,
- most postulated ,
- most presupposed ,
- most pretending ,
- most refutable ,
- most stochastic ,
- most unconfirmed ,
- pre supposed ,
- pre tending ,
- pre-supposed ,
- pre-tending ,
- provisory ,
- stochastic ,
- un confirmed ,
- un-confirmed ,
- unconfirmed .
- Procacious ,
- dis respectful ,
- dis-respectful ,
- flippest ,
- in solent ,
- in-solent ,
- more off base ,
- more off-base ,
- more offbase ,
- more overbold ,
- more procacious ,
- most off base ,
- most off-base ,
- most offbase ,
- most overbold ,
- most procacious ,
- offbase ,
- over bold ,
- over confident ,
- over-bold ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- un abashed ,
- un blushing ,
- un-abashed ,
- un-blushing .
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n.
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- belief .
Other synonyms:
- Snippety ,
- boldfaced ,
- cheeky ,
- contumelious ,
- pushy ,
- sassy ,
- smart-alecky .
- wise .
- Malapert ,
- Presuming ,
- brassy ,
- impertinent ,
- impudent ,
- nervy ,
- overconfident ,
- presumable ,
- presumptive ,
- prospective ,
- saucy ,
- snippy ,
- uppish ,
- uppity .
- Familiar .
- fresh .
Other relevant words:
- ache ,
- advancing ,
- ahead ,
- alternate ,
- ambidextrous ,
- aphoristic ,
- apply ,
- apt ,
- assertive ,
- assume ,
- august ,
- authoritarian ,
- authoritative ,
- autocratic ,
- axiomatical ,
- barefaced ,
- bastard ,
- befool ,
- belike ,
- big-chested ,
- bigheaded ,
- bluff ,
- bodacious ,
- bold face ,
- boldface ,
- bossy ,
- bracing ,
- brasslike ,
- brave ,
- brazen-faced ,
- bribable ,
- bright ,
- brisk ,
- bull ,
- bullshit ,
- ceremonious ,
- cheap ,
- chevalier ,
- chic ,
- clean ,
- cocksure ,
- confutable ,
- confutative ,
- conjectural ,
- consummate ,
- contrived ,
- cook ,
- corruptible ,
- crucial ,
- daring ,
- dauntless ,
- defective ,
- delusive ,
- delusory ,
- dictatorial ,
- disdainful ,
- dishonorable ,
- disposed ,
- divinatory ,
- dominating ,
- don ,
- double-dealing ,
- double-faced ,
- double-tongued ,
- dupe ,
- duplicitous ,
- edgy ,
- elevated ,
- eminent ,
- exalted ,
- excessive ,
- extraneous ,
- extravagant ,
- exuberant ,
- fabricated ,
- faithlessly ,
- faker ,
- fallacious ,
- falsify ,
- fancied ,
- faux ,
- fearless ,
- feeling ,
- feisty ,
- fin ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- flick ,
- flip out ,
- flip over ,
- flip-flop ,
- fool ,
- fore ,
- forge ,
- forgery ,
- forrad ,
- forrader ,
- forrard ,
- forth ,
- forward-moving ,
- forwards ,
- fraud ,
- fraudulent ,
- freshly ,
- frontward ,
- frontwards ,
- fudge ,
- gain ,
- gallant ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- get into ,
- gimcrack ,
- good manners ,
- grand ,
- grandiloquent ,
- gull ,
- hardy ,
- heady ,
- high-and-mighty ,
- high-flown ,
- high-handed ,
- high-minded ,
- high-strung ,
- higher-ranking ,
- higher-up ,
- highly strung ,
- hokey ,
- hurt ,
- hypothetic ,
- idealistic ,
- imitation ,
- imitative ,
- immaterial ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- impression ,
- in all likelihood ,
- in all probability ,
- incorrect ,
- interchange ,
- intrepid ,
- invigorated ,
- irreverent ,
- janus-faced ,
- jittery ,
- judicious ,
- jumpy ,
- knowing ,
- lake superior ,
- leaf ,
- loud ,
- mad ,
- magisterial ,
- majestic ,
- manipulate ,
- master ,
- masterly ,
- mental attitude ,
- meretricious ,
- minded ,
- misleading ,
- misrepresent ,
- mistaken ,
- mount ,
- new ,
- newly ,
- noble-minded ,
- notion ,
- novel ,
- of import ,
- off-key ,
- onward ,
- onwards ,
- opinion ,
- orthogonal ,
- ostentatious ,
- out of true ,
- overblown ,
- overstrung ,
- pass ,
- persnickety ,
- phoney ,
- phony ,
- pitch ,
- pontifical ,
- portentous ,
- position ,
- positive ,
- postiche ,
- postulational ,
- posture ,
- potential ,
- precondition ,
- presumption ,
- pretended ,
- pretender ,
- prideful ,
- probably ,
- proud ,
- pseud ,
- pseudo ,
- purchasable ,
- pushful ,
- put one across ,
- put one over ,
- questionable ,
- ranking ,
- rarefied ,
- rarified ,
- refreshed ,
- refreshful ,
- refreshing ,
- reinvigorated ,
- restive ,
- riff ,
- riffle ,
- role player ,
- royalist ,
- self-evident ,
- self-important ,
- send on ,
- sham ,
- shammer ,
- sheer ,
- significant ,
- silent ,
- simulated ,
- sky ,
- slang ,
- smarting ,
- smartness ,
- sneering ,
- snide ,
- snooty ,
- snot-nosed ,
- snotty ,
- snotty-nosed ,
- so-called ,
- soaring ,
- somersault ,
- somersaulting ,
- somerset ,
- sore ,
- sour ,
- stilted ,
- stuck-up ,
- sublime ,
- sulky ,
- superordinate ,
- superscript ,
- supposable ,
- suppositious ,
- surmisable ,
- swaggering ,
- sweet ,
- switch ,
- tacit ,
- tack ,
- tacky ,
- take in ,
- talk through one's hat ,
- tatty ,
- tawdry ,
- tending ,
- thin-skinned ,
- throw ,
- thumb ,
- tonic ,
- too big for one's breeches ,
- toss ,
- touchy ,
- towering ,
- traitorous ,
- traitorously ,
- trashy ,
- treacherously ,
- treasonable ,
- treasonably ,
- treasonous ,
- turn in ,
- turn over ,
- twitch ,
- two-faced ,
- unfaithful ,
- unfearing ,
- unfermented ,
- unpatriotic ,
- unreal ,
- unused ,
- uptight ,
- venal ,
- venturesome ,
- venturous ,
- victor ,
- virtuoso ,
- voguish ,
- wangle ,
- wear ,
- wise to ,
- wrong .
- Forwarder ,
- Inferred ,
- Suppositive ,
- alleged ,
- arrogant ,
- arrogated ,
- artificial ,
- axiomatic ,
- bogus ,
- bumptious ,
- cavalier ,
- chesty ,
- conditional ,
- counterfeit ,
- deceitful ,
- deceptive ,
- dishonest ,
- disloyal ,
- erroneous ,
- faithless ,
- fake ,
- false ,
- faulty ,
- fictional ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- flip ,
- given ,
- granted ,
- haughty ,
- huffy ,
- hypothetical ,
- overbearing ,
- peremptory ,
- possible ,
- presumed ,
- pretentious ,
- put on ,
- putative ,
- self-asserting ,
- stiff-necked ,
- supercilious ,
- superior ,
- supposed ,
- suppositional ,
- supposititious ,
- understood ,
- untrue .
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How to use "Assumptive" in context?
In philosophy, assertion or assertion of assertion is the act of stating or asserting something as a fact, without providing any evidence or grounds. The term is sometimes used in a narrow sense to refer only to assertions made in logic and linguistic analysis.
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