presuming

adjective

pre·​sum·​ing pri-ˈzü-miŋ 

: presumptuous

presumingly

pri-ˈzü-miŋ-lē 

adverb

Synonyms

• arrogant
• assumptive
• bumptious
• cavalier
• chesty
• haughty
• high-and-mighty
• high-handed
• high-hat
• highfalutin
• hifalutin
• huffish
• huffy
• imperious
• important
• lofty
• lordly
• masterful
• overweening
• peremptory
• pompous
• presumptuous
• pretentious
• self-asserting
• self-assertive
• sniffy
• stiff-necked
• supercilious
• superior
• toplofty
• toploftical
• uppish
• uppity

Examples of presuming in a Sentence

it's rather presuming of you to expect to be our first choice for the award

I thought it presuming of him to think that we would invite him along.

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above