English Explanatory Dictionary

suppositious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
  2. Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.
  3. Hypothetical, based on supposition; conjectural.

Pronunciation

/ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃəs/

Word forms

suppositious more suppositious most suppositious supposititious

Etymology

From New Latin suppositius, from Latin suppositīcius.

Synonyms

suppositional assumed presumed presumptive putative supposed apparent likely

Related words

supposed supposedly supposition suppositiousness supposititiously presumptuous speculative

Derived words

suppositiously suppositiousness
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