presumptuousness

Questions about presumptuousness

What does presumptuousness mean?

presumptuousness means "audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to".

How many syllables are in presumptuousness?

presumptuousness has 5 syllables: pre-sump-tu-ou-sness. The stress falls on "tu".

What is another word for presumptuousness?

Close synonyms include presumption, 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 presumptuousness a common word?

presumptuousness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.