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Adjective assumptive has 2 senses
- assumptive, assuming, presumptuous - excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
Antonym: backward (indirect, via forward)
- assumed, assumptive, taken for granted - accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"
Antonym: unacknowledged (indirect, via acknowledged)
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