presumption

Other forms of presumption

plural

presumptions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about presumption

What does presumption mean?

presumption means "an assumption that is taken for granted". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in presumption?

presumption has 3 syllables: pre-sump-tion. The stress falls on "sump". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈzʌmpʃən/.

What is another word for presumption?

Close synonyms include given, precondition, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is presumption a common word?

presumption is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with presumption?

1 word rhymes with presumption. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.