Assumed
Assumed adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.
Usage example: an assumed connection between the two species that has yet to be confirmed by fossil findings
Imaginary is a synonym for assumed in supposed topic. In some cases you can use "Imaginary" instead an adjective "Assumed".
Nearby Words: assumption, assuming
Imaginary
Imaginary adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Assumed is a synonym for imaginary in supposed topic. Sometimes you can use "Assumed" instead an adjective "Imaginary", if it concerns topics such as fictional, fictitious.
Nearby Words: imagination, imaginative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- make-believe and assumed
- make-believe and imaginary
- sham and assumed
- sham and imaginary
- hypothetical and assumed
- hypothetical and imaginary
- theoretical and assumed
- theoretical and imaginary
- false and assumed
- false and imaginary
- spurious and assumed
- spurious and imaginary
- supposed and assumed
- supposed and imaginary
Both words in one sentence
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Well not really Baby Cakes's imaginary friend, many people assumed Baby Cakes made him up as part of his fantasy.
Source: Western Animation / China, IL - Beau visited Vox frequently as a child, but nobody besides her ever saw him, so her mother and everyone else in her life assumed he was an imaginary friend.
Source: Not-So-Imaginary Friend - Paranormal Activity 3 shows that the demon terrorizing Katie and Kristi initially introduced itself to Kristi as an entity named "Toby," who the rest of the family assumed to be just an imaginary friend.
Source: Imaginary Friend
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