Antonyms for suppose
səˈpoʊzsup·pose

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1. supposeverb

   Synonyms:
   assume

2. supposeverb

   To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

   Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.

   Synonyms:
   assume

3. supposeverb

   To theorize or hypothesize.

   I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.

   Synonyms:
   assume

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1. suppose

   To suppose is temporarily to assume a thing as true, either with the expectation of finding it so or for the purpose of ascertaining what would follow if it were so. To suppose is also to think a thing to be true while aware or conceding that the belief does not rest upon any sure ground, and may not accord with fact; or yet again, to suppose is to imply as true or involved as a necessary inference; as, design supposes the existence of a designer. To conjecture is to put together the nearest available materials for a provisional opinion, always with some expectation of finding the facts to be as conjectured. To imagine is to form a mental image of something as existing, tho its actual existence may be unknown, or even impossible. To think, in this application, is to hold as the result of thought what is admitted not to be matter of exact or certain knowledge; as, I do not know, but I think this to be the fact: a more conclusive statement than would be made by the use of conjecture or suppose. Compare DOUBT; HYPOTHESIS.

   Antonyms:
   ascertain, be sure, conclude, discover, know, prove

   Synonyms:
   conjecture, deem, guess, imagine, surmise, think

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1. suppose

   Antonyms:
   prove, demonstrate, substantiate, realize, disbelieve, negative, deny

   Synonyms:
   assume, presume, believe, divine, deem, fancy, think, regard, conceive, imagine, imply, presuppose, conjecture, guess, conclude, judge, consider

Matched Categories

1. • Assume
   • Imply
   • Logic

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1. suppose, sayverb

   express a supposition

   "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, presuppose, guess, sound out, state, theorise, hypothesize, say, enunciate, speculate, reckon, aver, articulate, hypothesise, imagine, pronounce, enjoin, think, theorize, allege, read, opine, tell, order, enounce, conjecture

2. think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guessverb

   expect, believe, or suppose

   "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

   Synonyms:
   approximate, call back, cerebrate, bet, speak out, look, reckon, hypothesise, work out, mean, view, retrieve, figure, speculate, pretend, gauge, envisage, call up, infer, judge, see, say, guess, theorize, conjecture, depend, think, calculate, cypher, venture, intend, hypothesize, opine, recollect, speak up, hazard, imagine, compute, theorise, sound off, regard, animadvert, presuppose, recall, believe, count, hypothecate, ideate, estimate, consider, remember, cogitate, forecast, cipher, conceive, conceive of, count on

3. speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, supposeverb

   to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, presuppose, guess, contemplate, think, theorise, conjecture, say, reflect, chew over, excogitate, reckon, imagine, hypothesise, mull over, think over, ponder, theorize, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, opine, mull, speculate, job

4. presuppose, supposeverb

   take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

   "I presuppose that you have done your work"

   Synonyms:
   opine, hypothesise, imagine, hypothecate, say, theorize, guess, reckon, speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, theorise, think, presuppose

5. presuppose, supposeverb

   require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

   "This step presupposes two prior ones"

   Synonyms:
   opine, hypothesise, imagine, hypothecate, say, theorize, guess, reckon, speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, theorise, think, presuppose

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1. supposeverb

   Synonyms:
   assume, conjecture, presume, imagine, believe, imply, surmise

How to use suppose in a sentence?

1. Illinois Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley:

   Last April, I asked the GSA administrator under oath whether the President or anyone at the White House was involved in the discussions on this decision about the FBI building, general Services Administrator Emily Murphy said no. The inspector general said that General Services Administrator Emily Murphy misled us. I suppose that's a DC euphemism for a lie. So I'd like General Services Administrator Emily Murphy to come back before my subcommittee and answer that question accurately.

2. Suresh Raina:

   Bees are dying and countries are having shortages of pollinators, even in the United States, we thought, suppose if that disease occurred in Africa. What will happen to the food security system here?

3. Chief Executive Matthias Mueller:

   No, I cannot suppose they are too hard but they are investigating very strongly. That's ok, also from our point of view.

4. Mark Twain:

   Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

5. Comedian Bill Cosby:

   Now suppose someone brings a weapon or decided to do more foolishness, there will be announcements made and the stations made some disclaimers, but what if people don't listen to what they said and they entice violence.

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