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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

based on or related to an assumption;

e.g. The prosecutor was making their entire case assumptive on the testimony of one person.

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Similar Words

Arrogant

Bumptious

Cavalier

Chesty

Condescending

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

Highfalutin

Huffy

Imperious

Important

Lofty

Lordly

Masterful

Overweening

Peremptory

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Regimental

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-flattering

Sniffy

Stiff-necked

Supercilious

Superior

Than

Toplofty

Uppity

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Opposite Words

Acquiescent

Bashful

Compliant

Deferential

Demure

Diffident

Humble

Introverted

Lowly

Meek

Modest

Mousy

Overmodest

Passive

Quiet

Reserved

Retiring

Self-critical

Self-doubting

Sheepish

Shy

Subdued

Submissive

Timid

Unaggressive

Unarrogant

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unobtrusive

Unpretentious

Yielding

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Related Words

Assured

Authoritarian

Authoritative

Autocratic

Biggety

Bombastic

Bossy

Braggart

Brash

Cocky

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Consequential

Despotic

Dictatorial

Disdainful

Dominant

Domineering

Egocentric

Egotistical

Extroverted

Forward

Hubristic

Imperious

Impertinent

Important

Impudent

Magisterial

Masterful

Narcissistic

Overbearing

Overweening

Patronizing

Peremptory

Pompous

Pontifical

Prideful

Proud

Saucy

Self-applauding

Self-centered

Self-flattering

Self-important

Self-satisfied

Smug

Snobbish

Snobby

Snooty

Stuck-up

Tyrannical

Tyrannous

Uninhibited

Unreserved

Vain

Vainglorious

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