Synonyms and Antonyms of presumption
1
shameless boldness
- shocked by his presumption in insisting that we buy his raffle tickets
audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa), crust, effrontery, face, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness, temerity
arrogance, assurance, cockiness, confidence, hardihood, overconfidence, sanguinity, self-assurance, self-confidence
discourteousness, disrespect, impertinence, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, insolence, rudeness, ungraciousness
back talk, sass
swagger, swash
bashfulness, diffidence, faintheartedness, hesitancy, modesty, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness
civility, courteousness, courtesy, gentility, graciousness, mannerliness, manners
2
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
- the presumption of innocence
hypothesis, proposition, theory, thesis
axiom, truism, verity
belief, canon, doctrine, dogma, gospel, law
precept, principle, rule, standard, tenet
basis, foundation, ground
conclusion, deduction, inference
affirmation, assertion, avouchment, declaration
dictum, ipse dixit
