presumptive

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pre=sump=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

presumptive, a. [Cf. F. présomptif.].

•  Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.  [1913 Webster]
•  Presumptuous; arrogant.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]

Presumptive evidence (Law), that which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact, as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof; indirect or circumstantial evidence. “Presumptive evidence of felony should be cautiously admitted.” Blackstone. The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive (or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned; all evidence being now more or less direct and more or less presumptive. -- Presumptive heir. See Heir presumptive, under Heir.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

presumptive, adj. giving grounds for presumption (presumptive evidence).

Derivative

presumptively adv.

Etymology

F pr{eacute}somptif -ive f. LL praesumptivus (as PRESUME)

THESAURUS

presumptive

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

ROGET THESAURUS

presumptive

Dueness

N due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff, having a right to, 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, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, 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, duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, Dei gratia, in the name of, civis Romanus sum, +a chaque saint sa chandelle.

Probability

N probability, likelihood, credibleness, likeliness, vraisemblance, verisimilitude, plausibility, color, semblance, show of, presumption, presumptive evidence, circumstantial evidence, credibility, reasonable chance, fair chance, good chance, favorable chance, reasonable prospect, fair prospect, good prospect, favorable prospect, prospect, wellgrounded hope, chance, probable, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way, plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato, well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable, presumptive, apparent, probably, belike, in all probability, in all likelihood, very likely, most likely, like enough, odds on, odds in favor, ten to one, apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation, prim=a facie, to all appearance, the chances, the odds are, appearances are in favor of, chances are in favor of, there is reason to believe, there is reason to think, there is reason to expect, I dare say, all Lombard Street to a China orange.

Supposition

N supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory, thesis, theorem, data, proposition, position, proposal, presumption, divination, conjecture, guess, guesswork, speculation, rough guess, shot, shot in the dark, conjecturality, surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, estimate, approximation (nearness), inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression, bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion, association of ideas, (analogy), metonym, metonymy, simile (metaphor), conceit, idea, thought, original idea, invention (imagination), supposing, given, mooted, postulatory, assumed, supposititious, suppositive, suppositious, gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative, suppositional, suggestive, allusive, if, if so be, an, on the supposition, ex hypothesi, in the case, in the event of, quasi, as if, provided, perhaps, for aught one knows.