Synonyms for suppositious
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Supposed — hypothetical, based on supposition; conjectural
supposed, likely, assumed, apparent, presumed, suppositional, putative, presumptive
2. Hypothetical
hypothetical, conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposititious dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Hypothetical, based on supposition; conjectural.
Near-synonyms: assumed, presumed, presumptive, putative, supposed; apparent, likely
- adj. 2
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
Related words
- Word family
- supposed supposedly supposition
Example sentences
- supposed I am supposed to meet her at three this afternoon.
- assumed Tom assumed that Mary would pay her bills on time.
- apparent The company turned him down for no apparent reason.
- presumed Three people are still missing and presumed dead.
- hypothetical Sci-fi readers are adept at hypothetical scenarios.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| suppositious | falling | |
| supposed | rising | |
| assumed | falling | |
| apparent | falling | |
| presumed | steady | |
| hypothetical | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- likely2
- 7 letters
- assumed2
- 8 letters
- supposed2, apparent3, presumed2, putative3
- 10 letters
- divinatory, hypothetic
- 11 letters
- presumptive3, conjectural
- 12 letters
- hypothetical5
- 13 letters
- suppositional
- 14 letters
- supposititious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (likely2 = 2 syllables).