presumptive as an adjective: - 1
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presumptive
adjective
1 presumptive
Having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance.
Roget 924:
having a right to
etc.
v.;
entitled to;
claiming;
deserving,
meriting,
worthy of.
privileged,
allowed,
sanctioned,
warranted,
authorized;
ordained,
prescribed,
constitutional,
chartered,
enfranchised.
prescriptive,
presumptive;
absolute,
indefeasible;
unalienable,
inalienable;
imprescriptible†,
inviolable,
unimpeachable,
unchallenged;
sacrosanct.
due to,
merited,
deserved,
condign,
richly deserved.
allowable
etc.
(permitted)
760;
lawful,
licit,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963.
square,
unexceptionable,
right;
equitable
etc.
922;
due,
en r gle;
fit,
fitting;
correct,
proper,
meet,
befitting,
becoming,
seemly;
decorous;
creditable,
up to the mark,
right as a trivet;
just the thing,
quite the thing;
selon les r gles [Fr.].
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Roget 514:
supposing
etc.
v.;
given,
mooted,
postulatory†;
assumed
etc.
v.;
supposititious,
suppositive†,
suppositious;
gratuitous,
speculative,
conjectural,
hypothetical,
theoretical,
academic,
supposable,
presumptive,
putative;
suppositional.
suggestive,
allusive.
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Roget 472:
probable,
likely,
hopeful,
to be expected,
in a fair way.
plausible,
specious,
ostensible,
colorable,
ben trovato [It],
well-founded,
reasonable,
credible,
easy of belief,
presumable,
presumptive,
apparent.
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2 presumptive
Affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance.
Moby thesaurus: absolute, acceptable, accounted as, adducible, admissible, alleged, apt, assumed, assumptive, attestative, attestive, authentic, based on, believable, certain, circumstantial, conceivable, conclusive, conjectured, convincing, credible, cumulative, damning, decisive, deemed, determinative, documentary, documented, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, eye-witness, factual, fair, final, firsthand, foreseeable, founded on, given, granted, grounded on, hearsay, hopeful, implicit, in the cards, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, inferred, irrefutable, irresistible, justifiable, liable, likely, material, nuncupative, odds-on, overwhelming, plausible, postulated, postulational, predicated, predictable, predictable within limits, predicted, premised, presumable, presumed, probable, probative, promising, putative, rational, reasonable, reliable, reputed, sensible, significant, sound, statistically probable, suggestive, supposed, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, sure, symptomatic, taken for granted, telling, tenable, understood, valid, verisimilar, weighty ... show more.
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