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Synonyms for assume
Synonyms for assume: take and presume. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for assume
- takeverb, in the sense "take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect"
- presumeverb, in the sense "take to be the case or to be true"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of assume, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables.
assume in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The old king could assume the shape of a raven whenever he wished to travel unseen.
- In the myth, the river spirit will assume a woman's likeness to walk among the villagers at dusk.
How it behaves: In this sense assume usually takes a noun phrase naming a shape, guise, or form as its direct object and appears in narrative or mythological registers rather than everyday speech.
The true synonym
take
Same sentence, swapped: The gods take human or animal form in these fables.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot assume is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- wear
- sham
- rise
take to be the case or to be true
I assume his train was late.
The true synonym
presume
Same sentence, swapped: I presume his train was late.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot assume is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- bear
- wear
- draw
Where assume turns up in the game
assume is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where assume is the trap
- strikeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is scratch, in the sense "remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line", and assume is on the board beside it.
- discernverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is perceive, in the sense "to perceive or make out something with difficulty, especially by sight", and assume is one of the three tiles that lose.
- grantverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is yield, in the sense "be willing to concede", and assume is on the board beside it.
- gleanverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is infer, in the sense "to find out or deduce information from indirect evidence", so assume is there to be ruled out.
Play assume
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so assume reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from change at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. assume carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.