Presumptive synonyms

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probable
Likely or most likely to be true.
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possible
Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances:
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supposed
Regarded as true, genuine, etc., without actual knowledge
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likely (related)
Attractive; pleasant:
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belief (related)
Based on probability or presumption
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presumable
That may be presumed, or taken for granted; probable
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prospective
Likely to become or be:
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conjectural
Inclined to make conjectures
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hypothetical
Given to the use of hypotheses
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inferential
Of, relating to, or involving inference.
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suppositional
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supposititious
Substituted with intent to deceive or defraud; spurious; counterfeit
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suppositive
Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.
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putative (related)
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pre-symptomatic (related)
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brain death (related)
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Presumptive Sentence Examples

  • Then, thinking his statement presumptive added, "When things settle down."

  • The muzzle probably formed a snout in life; and there is presumptive evidence that these animals were very long-lived.

  • On the 10th of June 1584 the death of Monsieur, the duke of Anjou, brother of King Henry III., made Henry of Navarre heir presumptive to the throne of France.

  • Beton was arrested and the regency fell to the heir presumptive James, earl of Arran, whose inclinations were towards England and the Protestant party, and who hoped to secure the hand of the infant princess for his own son.

  • Whatever theoretical reasons there may be for assuming his earlier existence, they must be held as warranting no more than a presumptive conclusion, which up to the present time lacks confirmation by certain evidence.

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