All posit synonyms
pos·it
P p verb posit
- lay — to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- hypothesise — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesize — to form a hypothesis.
- lap up — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- go out on a limb — say sth daring
- dare say — to think likely; suppose
- guesstimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
- daresay — Dare say (in the sense of \"think something to be probable\").
- believe — If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
noun posit
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.