100 Other Words for “Assume”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Accede to	Agree to take on.
2.	Accept as true	Treat as true without proof.
3.	Account for	Explain by supposing a cause.
4.	Admit	Accept as valid or true.
5.	Adopt as fact	Take as true for now.
6.	Apprehend	Understand; take to be so.
7.	Argue from	Reason on the basis of.
8.	Bank on	Rely on as likely.
9.	Believe	Hold as true.
10.	Build on	Proceed using as a basis.
11.	Call it	Label it as such.
12.	Carry the notion	Entertain the idea.
13.	Claim	State as true.
14.	Concede	Acknowledge as true.
15.	Conjecture	Guess without firm evidence.
16.	Consider	Regard in a specified way.
17.	Count on	Rely upon confidently.
18.	Credit	Accept as plausible.
19.	Deem	Judge to be.
20.	Depend on	Rely on as a condition.
21.	Derive from	Trace to an assumed source.
22.	Designate	Name or assign as.
23.	Dismiss doubt	Set aside uncertainty.
24.	Embrace	Accept willingly.
25.	Entertain	Consider as possible.
26.	Estimate	Judge roughly; suppose.
27.	Expect	Regard as likely.
28.	Extrapolate	Infer beyond known data.
29.	Fancy	Imagine; suppose.
30.	Figure	Think; conclude.
31.	Fill in	Supply missing details mentally.
32.	Foresee	Regard as going to happen.
33.	Gather	Infer from evidence.
34.	Grant	Accept for argument’s sake.
35.	Hazard a guess	Offer a tentative supposition.
36.	Hold	Maintain as an opinion.
37.	Hypothesize	Propose as a working idea.
38.	Imagine	Form a mental picture; suppose.
39.	Impute	Attribute to a cause.
40.	Infer	Conclude from evidence.
41.	Insist	Assert firmly as true.
42.	Judge	Form an opinion about.
43.	Jump to	Conclude hastily.
44.	Lay it down	State as authoritative.
45.	Lean on	Rely on for support.
46.	Leave out of account	Ignore in reasoning.
47.	Let it stand	Accept without challenge.
48.	Maintain	Assert as continuing true.
49.	Make out	Understand or conclude.
50.	Make the leap	Infer without full support.
51.	Mean	Take to signify.
52.	Model	Represent by a simplifying idea.
53.	Name	Call by a given term.
54.	Note	Take as a point.
55.	Opine	Express an opinion.
56.	Postulate	Assume as a starting point.
57.	Presume	Suppose likely without proof.
58.	Presuppose	Require as prior assumption.
59.	Project	Estimate future from trends.
60.	Propose	Suggest for consideration.
61.	Propound	Put forward as true.
62.	Put down to	Attribute to a cause.
63.	Put it	Express as; phrase as.
64.	Put stock in	Trust; rely on.
65.	Put two and two	Infer an obvious conclusion.
66.	Read as	Interpret in a certain way.
67.	Reason	Infer by logic.
68.	Reckon	Think or suppose.
69.	Recognize	Accept as valid.
70.	Regard	Consider in a given light.
71.	Rely on	Depend on for support.
72.	Say	State or suppose.
73.	See as	Interpret as.
74.	Set down	Record as a conclusion.
75.	Settle on	Decide to accept.
76.	Speculate	Form ideas without firm facts.
77.	Suppose	Assume tentatively.
78.	Surmise	Guess from slight evidence.
79.	Suspect	Think likely, with doubt.
80.	Take	Accept as true.
81.	Take as given	Treat as established.
82.	Take for granted	Accept without questioning.
83.	Take it	Understand or accept as.
84.	Take it that	Assume that something is true.
85.	Take on	Undertake; accept a role.
86.	Take to be	Consider to be the case.
87.	Theorize	Form a theory; hypothesize.
88.	Think	Believe or suppose.
89.	Treat as	Handle as if true.
90.	Trust	Rely on; believe.
91.	Understand	Take meaning to be.
92.	Use as premise	Adopt as a starting point.
93.	Venture	Dare to suggest; suppose.
94.	Venture a guess	Offer a cautious guess.
95.	View as	Consider in a particular way.
96.	Wager	Bet; think likely.
97.	Weigh in	Offer a considered view.
98.	Work on the theory	Proceed using a hypothesis.
99.	Write off	Dismiss as not worth considering.
100.	Yank to conclusion	Pull to a quick inference.