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Definition of assumed :
1. of Assume
2. Pretended; hypocritical; make- believe; as, an assumed character.
3. Supposed.
Synonyms:
faux, arrogated, acknowledged, false, sour, made-up, off-key, fictitious, assumptive, put on, true, mistaken, hypothetical, spurious, delusive, pretended, fictional, suppositional, sham, imitation, fancied, fabricated, pseudonymous, given, fictive, granted, simulated, fake, untrue
believed (part of speech: verb)
deemed, taken for granted, assented, given faith, gave faith, supposed, declared, believed, put faith in, accepted, presumed, held, maintained, affirmed, understood, took for granted, professed, trusted, judged, credited, concluded, surmised, gathered
acquired (part of speech: verb)
gotten, acquired, incurred, claimed, collected, secured, purchased, palmed, taken, accumulated, wrangled, amassed, caught, scored, bagged, took, bought, landed, received, added, lured, annexed, procured, cornered, won, got, harvested, fetched, retrieved, garnered, pocketed, captured, netted, reaped, obtained, heaped
expected (part of speech: verb)
envisaged, deduced, imagined, foresaw, foreknown, apprehended, expected, anticipated, dreaded, envisioned, presupposed, foreknew, foreboded, awaited, suspected, foreseen, inferred, contemplated
hoped (part of speech: verb)
dreamt of, relied, aspired, yearned, intended, dreamed of, desired, wished, hoped, wanted
imitative (part of speech: adjective)
duplicate, copied, mimicked, imitative, mock, mirror, replicated, parallel, counterfeit, echoed, parodied, reproduced, aped, impersonated, parroted
Usage examples:
- I concluded that she was somebody whom His Highness had met in Germany, and to whom he had been introduced under his assumed name. - "The Secrets of Potsdam", William Le Queux.
- Athos immediately resumed the earnest air that he had assumed at D'Artagnan's arrival. - "Louise de la Valliere", Alexandre Dumas, Pere.
- I assumed it to be Miss Hollister's purpose to leave Cecilia and Wiggins alone. - "The Siege of the Seven Suitors", Meredith Nicholson.