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Synonyms & Antonyms for presumptive
Synonyms
believable, credible, creditable, likely, plausible, probable
Antonyms
far-fetched, implausible, improbable, incredible, unbelievable, unlikely, unplausible
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The last time Democrats went into their convention without a presumptive nominee already having a majority of delegates was 1984. — NBC News, "'Speed dating': Candidates connect early with super delegates amid fear of convention chaos," 25 Aug. 2019 The team’s relatively unknown top tight end, Darren Waller, looked solid in his snaps, as did presumptive backup quarterback Mike Glennon, who posted a perfect quarterback rating on 14 pass attempts. — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, "Kurtenbach: All jokes aside, Jon Gruden’s Raiders’ offense is worth your optimism," 15 Aug. 2019 Oregon State and Cal have been replaced by Oregon, the presumptive North favorite, and Stanford, the Wisconsin of the West. — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, "College Football Journal: Why Nebraska is Mel Tucker’s most important game of Year 1 at CU," 4 Aug. 2019 Oh, but his selfish older brother, the duke of Cambridge and presumptive future king, has three already. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 22 Aug. 2019 Washington: Nine starters must be replaced on defense, and the presumptive starting quarterback (Jacob Eason) hasn’t actually been a starting quarterback since the first game of the 2017 season. — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, "The Pac-12 Hotline’s AP preseason football ballot: Who’s No. 3?," 12 Aug. 2019 At that time, Trump was the presumptive Republican nominee for President. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Analyzing Why James Harden Won Paparazzi Assault Trial," 10 July 2019 LeSean McCoy is the Bills’ presumptive starter, but his play has fallen recently, and his contract is the largest of any of the team’s RBs. — Shawn Childs, SI.com, "Fantasy Football: 12 Sleepers Who Could Help You Win in 2019," 7 Aug. 2019 Especially since that $43 million doesn’t reflect the $13 million devoted to draft-day acquisition T.J. Warren, the presumptive starter at small forward next season. — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, "Doyel: Pacers have a winner in Goga Bitadze, but potential loser of a 2019-20 season," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'presumptive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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