Associations to the word «Presumptive»

Wiktionary

PRESUMPTIVE, adjective. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief
PRESUMPTIVE, adjective. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps shouldn't.

Dictionary definition

PRESUMPTIVE, adjective. Having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance; "the presumptive heir (or heir apparent)".
PRESUMPTIVE, adjective. Affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance; "presumptive evidence"; "a strong presumptive case is made out".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates