presuming
adjective
pre·sum·ing pri-ˈzü-miŋ 
: presumptuous
presumingly
pri-ˈzü-miŋ-lē
adverb 
Synonyms
- arrogant
- assumptive
- bumptious
- cavalier
- chesty
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- high-hat
- highfalutin
- hifalutin
- huffish
- huffy
- imperious
- important
- lofty
- lordly
- masterful
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- self-asserting
- self-assertive
- sniffy
- stiff-necked
- supercilious
- superior
- toplofty
- toploftical
- uppish
- uppity
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
it's rather presuming of you to expect to be our first choice for the award I thought it presuming of him to think that we would invite him along.
Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
presuming 1 of 2
adjective
1
as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude it's rather presuming of you to expect to be our first choice for the award Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- arrogant
- superior
- cavalier
- presumptuous
- assumptive
- important
- dominant
- uppity
- supercilious
- dominating
- smug
- bumptious
- toplofty
- haughty
- uppish
- pretentious
- pompous
- sniffy
- chesty
- toploftical
- pontificating
- masterful
- domineering
- high-and-mighty
- huffy
- overweening
- patronizing
- imperious
- huffish
- hifalutin
- peremptory
- lordly
- proud
- highfalutin
- condescending
- authoritarian
- self-asserting
- magisterial
- lofty
- bragging
- high-handed
- impertinent
- impudent
- self-assertive
- disdainful
- snobbish
- hubristic
- cocky
- snooty
- high-hat
- pontifical
- saucy
- bossy
- swaggering
- conceited
- stiff-necked
- vain
- boastful
- snobby
- complacent
- egocentric
- vainglorious
- narcissistic
- forward
- bombastic
- braggart
- uninhibited
- blusterous
- blustery
- immodest
- egotistical
- egotistic
- self-complacent
- egoistic
- prideful
- self-satisfied
- self-affected
- egoistical
- brash
- self-applauding
- extroverted
- braggy
- self-centered
- self-flattering
- self-pleased
- unreserved
- self-conceited
- orgulous
- self-loving
- self-promoting
- stuck-up
- extraverted
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- modest
- lowly
- humble
- timid
- shrinking
- diffident
- shy
- sheepish
- deferential
- bashful
- unpretentious
- yielding
- passive
- acquiescent
- subdued
- compliant
- meek
- demure
- unarrogant
- cringing
- introverted
- unaggressive
- unassuming
- mousy
- unobtrusive
- cowering
- submissive
- retiring
- overmodest
- reserved
- unassertive
- quiet
- self-doubting
- mousey
- self-critical
2
as in familiar
showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty I thought it presuming of him to think that we would invite him along Synonyms & Similar Words
- familiar
- arrogant
- presumptuous
- smug
- confident
- forward
- proud
- important
- immodest
- sure
- overfamiliar
- selfish
- free
- cavalier
- vain
- superior
- bold
- uppity
- complacent
- conceited
- impertinent
- supercilious
- snobbish
- overbold
- disdainful
- pompous
- bumptious
- bragging
- vainglorious
- cocky
- impudent
- overweening
- haughty
- pretentious
- egomaniacal
- brazen
- egotistic
- highfalutin
- insolent
- prideful
- saucy
- egoistic
- brassbound
- cheeky
- high-and-mighty
- self-complacent
- lordly
- pert
- brash
- egotistical
- domineering
- hoity-toity
- self-important
- self-asserting
- hifalutin
- audacious
- self-satisfied
- boastful
- sassy
- brassy
- fresh
- egoistical
- braggart
- self-conceited
- imperious
- self-assertive
- self-assured
- stuck-up
- high-hat
- self-confident
- bold-faced
- self-engrossed
- self-interested
- self-absorbed
- self-infatuated
- high-handed
- self-centered
- self-concerned
- self-involved
- self-obsessed
- self-seeking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- modest
- lowly
- humble
- unassuming
- meek
- timid
- shy
- retiring
- demure
- bashful
- unassertive
- timorous
- unpretentious
- diffident
- mousy
- down-to-earth
- mousey
- self-doubting
3
as in intruding
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited some presuming waiter thought that it was his business to tell the expectant mother that she shouldn't be having even one glass of wine Synonyms & Similar Words
- intruding
- busy
- interfering
- presumptuous
- pushing
- officious
- meddling
- prying
- meddlesome
- annoying
- intrusive
- trespassing
- protrusive
- nosy
- invading
- rude
- obtrusive
- pushy
- curious
- impertinent
- snoopy
- nosey
- impudent
- brazen
- insolent
- bumptious
- harassing
- inquisitive
- pestiferous
- overbearing
- bold
- superserviceable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unobtrusive
- reticent
- withdrawn
- silent
- uninvolved
- retiring
- reserved
- restrained
- inhibited
- quiet
- taciturn
- hands-off
- reclusive
- subdued
presuming
2 of 2verb
1
as in assuming
to form an opinion from little or no evidence I presume you'll fly if you do go Synonyms & Similar Words
- assuming
- guessing
- supposing
- suspecting
- thinking
- imagining
- surmising
- speculating
- conjecturing
- believing
- inferring
- deducing
- suspicioning
- expecting
- concluding
- daresaying
- hypothesizing
- theorizing
- gathering
- judging
- hypothecating
- conceiving
- reckoning
- taking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- proving
- establishing
- demonstrating
- validating
- documenting
- determining
- ascertaining
- learning
- substantiating
- finding out
2
as in saying
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof we should presume that a person is innocent until proven guilty Synonyms & Similar Words
- assuming
- saying
- supposing
- believing
- thinking
- presupposing
- guessing
- hypothesizing
- postulating
- concluding
- figuring
- premising
- insisting
- dreaming
- accepting
- suspecting
- inferring
- imagining
- hypothecating
- claiming
- deducing
- crediting
- judging
- taking for granted
- declaring
- speculating
- asserting
- perceiving
- surmising
- swallowing
- maintaining
- contending
- conjecturing
- fancying
- theorizing
- alleging
- affirming
- conceiving
- gathering
- taking
- reckoning
- professing
- suspicioning
- averring
- avowing
- preconceiving
- avouching
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- doubting
- discounting
- questioning
- denying
- disputing
- challenging
- discrediting
- disbelieving
- controverting
- wondering (about)
- distrusting
- rejecting
- disagreeing (with)
- disclaiming
- repudiating
- disavowing
- mistrusting
- refuting
- disproving
- rebutting
- disowning
- belying
- confuting
- heave into view
- heave offering
- heave to
- heave-and-haul
- heave-and-hauled
- heave-and-hauling
- heave-and-hauls
- heave-ho
- heave-hos
- heaved
- heaveless
- heaven
- heaven forbid
- heaven help
- heaven help someone
- heaven knows
- heaven on earth
- heaven tree
- heaven's above
- heaven-born
- heaven-dust
- heaven-sent
- heavenless
- heavenlier
- heavenliest