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assumed

2 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, assumed means used in a manner intended to deceive.

Meanings of assumed

3 meanings

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of assume

adjective

  1. Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated.

  2. Supposed or presumed.

  3. Adopted in order to deceive

    “an assumed name”

    “an assumed cheerfulness”

    “a fictitious address”

    Similar: false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for assumed →
adjective: adopted in order to deceive
falsefictitiousfictivepretendedput onsham

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