Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Assumptive   Listen
Assumptive

adjective
1.
Excessively forward.  Synonyms: assuming, presumptuous.  "On a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide" , "The duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
2.
Accepted as real or true without proof.  "Assumptive beliefs"





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Assumptive" Quotes from Famous Books



... understand; some fumbling aspiration toward decency, some brave generosity of spirit, some cheerful fidelity to Beauty. He could not see how, in a world so obviously vast and uncouth beyond computation, they could find a puny, tidy, assumptive, scheduled worship so satisfying. But perhaps, since all Beauty was so staggering, it was better they should cherish it in small formal minims. Perhaps in this whole matter there was some lovely symbolism ...
— Where the Blue Begins • Christopher Morley


Words linked to "Assumptive" :   assuming, acknowledged, assume, forward


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org