Synonyms of hypothecating

hypothecating

verb

present participle of hypothecate

as in saying

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

even before a single vote had been cast, media pundits were hypothecating that the former senator would be the party's nominee

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saying
• assuming
• presuming
• believing
• supposing
• thinking
• postulating
• presupposing
• hypothesizing
• concluding
• figuring
• premising
• guessing
• accepting
• dreaming
• imagining
• insisting
• taking for granted
• crediting
• claiming
• suspecting
• deducing
• inferring
• declaring
• maintaining
• speculating
• asserting
• swallowing
• perceiving
• contending
• judging
• alleging
• suspicioning
• conceiving
• fancying
• affirming
• gathering
• theorizing
• conjecturing
• averring
• avowing
• taking
• reckoning
• preconceiving
• professing
• surmising
• avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discounting
• controverting
• doubting
• questioning
• wondering (about)
• disputing
• denying
• challenging
• disagreeing (with)
• discrediting
• disbelieving
• rejecting
• distrusting
• repudiating
• disclaiming
• disavowing
• mistrusting
• refuting
• disowning
• disproving
• rebutting
• belying
• confuting