Synonyms and Antonyms of assumed
1
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
demonstrable, external, outward, superficial, visible
conceivable, plausible, possible, supposable
likely, probable
clear, distinct, manifest, obvious, plain
deceptive, delusive, delusory, illusive, illusory, imaginary
misleading, specious
fake, faked, feigned, phony (also phoney), pretended, pseudo, put-on
alleged, claimed, professed, purported, so-called
hidden, inapparent
implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, unlikely
actual, authenticated, confirmed, corroborated, established, genuine, real, substantiated, sure, valid, validated, verified
2
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
- the salesclerk's assumed friendliness vanished as soon as I assured her I was just looking
affected, artificial, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural
automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic
double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous
exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)
cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering
conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden
artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied
authentic, bona fide, real, realistic, right, true
honest, ingenuous, sincere, unpretending
easy, effortless, smooth
extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, unconscious, unprompted, unrehearsed, unstudied
