Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of assume
comparative more assumed · superlative most assumed
- Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated.
Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC - Supposed or presumed.
Synonyms: understood, a priori
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSupposed or presumed.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveadopted in order to deceive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian измислен, присторен
- измислен (izmislen)intended to deceive; fictitious
- присторен (pristoren)intended to deceive; fictitious
Esperanto ŝajniga, supozita
- ŝajnigaintended to deceive; fictitious
- supozitasupposed or presumed
Finnish teko-, valheellinen
- teko-intended to deceive; fictitious
- valheellinenintended to deceive; fictitious
- keksittyintended to deceive; fictitious
- oletettusupposed or presumed
- otaksuttusupposed or presumed
French censé
- censésupposed or presumed
Italian presunto
- presuntosupposed or presumed
Spanish fingido, supuesto
- fingidointended to deceive; fictitious
- supuestosupposed or presumed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with assumed
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