ASSUME Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words (2024)

assume as in take to be the case or to be true

• "accept without verification or proof"
• "I assume his train was late"

Synonyms

• presume take to be the case or to be true; take upon oneself; constitute reasonable evidence for; take liberties or act with too much confidence
• take for granted take to be the case or to be true

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assume as in take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• "When will the new President assume office?"

Synonyms

• adopt choose and follow; take up and practice as one's own ; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take into one's family; put into dramatic form; take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
• take on take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; accept as a challenge; admit into a group or community; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
• take over seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; free someone temporarily from his or her obligations ; take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; take over ownership of; do over; take up and practice as one's own ; take up, as of debts or payments

assume as in take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• "His voice took on a sad tone"
• "The story took a new turn"
• "he adopted an air of superiority"
• "She assumed strange manners"
• "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

Synonyms

• acquire come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar ; win something through one's efforts; gain knowledge or skills; gain through experience
• adopt choose and follow; take up and practice as one's own ; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take into one's family; put into dramatic form; take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
• take on take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; accept as a challenge; admit into a group or community; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
• take the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption ; carry out; require (time or space); take somebody somewhere; get into one's hands, take physically; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; interpret something in a certain way; take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; take into one's possession; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; receive willingly something given or offered; assume, as of positions or roles; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; require as useful, just, or proper; experience or feel or submit to; make a film or photograph of something; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; make use of or accept for some purpose; take by force; occupy or take on; admit into a group or community; ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; be a student of a certain subject; take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; head into a specified direction; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; be seized or affected in a specified way; have with oneself; engage for service under a term of contract; receive or obtain regularly; buy, select; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; have sex with; lay claim to; be designed to hold or take; be capable of holding or containing; develop a habit; proceed along in a vehicle; obtain by winning; be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

assume as in take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

• "I'll accept the charges"
• "She agreed to bear the responsibility"

Synonyms

• bear massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws ; an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; have; cause to be born; put up with something or somebody unpleasant; move while holding up or supporting; bring forth; take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; contain or hold; bring in; have on one's person; behave in a certain manner; have rightfully; support or hold in a certain manner; be pregnant with
• take over seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; free someone temporarily from his or her obligations ; take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; take over ownership of; do over; take up and practice as one's own ; take up, as of debts or payments
• accept consider or hold as true; receive willingly something given or offered; give an affirmative reply to; react favorably to; admit into a group or community; take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; tolerate or accommodate oneself to; be designed to hold or take; receive (a report) officially, as from a committee ; make use of or accept for some purpose; be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal

assume as in occupy or take on

• "He assumes the lotus position"
• "She took her seat on the stage"
• "We took our seats in the orchestra"
• "She took up her position behind the tree"
• "strike a pose"

Synonyms

• take the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption ; carry out; require (time or space); take somebody somewhere; get into one's hands, take physically; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; interpret something in a certain way; take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; take into one's possession; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; receive willingly something given or offered; assume, as of positions or roles; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; require as useful, just, or proper; experience or feel or submit to; make a film or photograph of something; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; make use of or accept for some purpose; take by force; occupy or take on; admit into a group or community; ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; be a student of a certain subject; take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; head into a specified direction; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; be seized or affected in a specified way; have with oneself; engage for service under a term of contract; receive or obtain regularly; buy, select; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; have sex with; lay claim to; be designed to hold or take; be capable of holding or containing; develop a habit; proceed along in a vehicle; obtain by winning; be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• strike a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; a gentle blow ; a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; a conspicuous success; deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; hit against; make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; indicate (a certain time) by striking; affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; stop work in order to press demands; touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; attain; produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments; cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; find unexpectedly; produce by ignition or a blow; remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; cause to experience suddenly; drive something violently into a location; occupy or take on; disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set; form by stamping, punching, or printing; smooth with a strickle; pierce with force; arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
• take up pursue or resume; adopt; turn one's interest to; take up time or space; begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; take up and practice as one's own ; occupy or take on; take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption ; take out or up with or as if with a scoop; accept; take in, also metaphorically; take up as if with a sponge ; return to a previous location or condition

assume as in seize and take control without authority and possibly with force

• "take as one's right or possession"
• "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"
• "he usurped my rights"
• "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

Synonyms

• usurp seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take the place of
• seize take hold of; take or capture by force; take possession of by force, as after an invasion; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; hook by a pull on the line; affect; capture the attention or imagination of
• take over seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; free someone temporarily from his or her obligations ; take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; take over ownership of; do over; take up and practice as one's own ; take up, as of debts or payments
• arrogate demand as being one's due or property; make undue claims to having ; seize and take control without authority and possibly with force

assume as in make a pretence of

• "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"
• "he feigned sleep"

Synonyms

• simulate reproduce someone's behavior or looks; create a representation or model of; make a pretence of
• sham adopted in order to deceive; make a pretence of; make believe with the intent to deceive; something that is a counterfeit; a person who makes deceitful pretenses
• feign make believe with the intent to deceive; make a pretence of

assume as in take up someone's soul into heaven

• "This is the day when Mary was assumed into heaven"

assume as in put clothing on one's body

• "What should I wear today?"
• "He put on his best suit for the wedding"
• "The princess donned a long blue dress"
• "The queen assumed the stately robes"
• "He got into his jeans"

Synonyms

• wear impairment resulting from long use; a covering designed to be worn on a person's body ; the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; be dressed in; have on one's person; have in one's aspect; deteriorate through use or stress; have or show an appearance of; last and be usable; go to pieces; exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; put clothing on one's body
• put on adopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one's body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one's body weight)
• get into get involved in or with ; to come or go into; secure a place in a college, university, etc. ; familiarize oneself thoroughly with; put clothing on one's body
• don put clothing on one's body; a Spanish gentleman or nobleman ; teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) ; the head of an organized crime family ; Celtic goddess; a European river in southwestern Russia; a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename