DARESAYS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

daresays

verb

present tense third-person singular of daresay

as in assumes

to form an opinion from little or no evidence I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all

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The Gulf, though legally unchanged, now assumes direct Iranian strike risks.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Photos of the chefs are right there on the packaging, and the service correctly assumes that their reputations will draw you in.

— Marisa Malanga, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 June 2026

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Nicole Brown, a historian of Martha Jefferson at Monticello, suspects that the impossible date was the result of turmoil in Jefferson’s personal life.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
The plot follows an HR executive named Val at a South Bay aerospace company who suspects that Leela, a young, female engineer, was snubbed for a promotion.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Definition of suspects

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Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen thinks so—and there's no more perfect manicure than Capri Blue to match the moment.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 July 2026
Putin thinks that time is on his side, that Western support will peter out and that Ukraine’s resistance will eventually collapse under pressure from strategic bombing, analysts say.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of thinks

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Creativity, though, presumes a background in classic technique onto which a personal point of view is added.

— Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 3 July 2026
That level presumes an 11 percent underlying rate, plus a 7 percent benefit from the World Cup, partially offset by a 1 percent drag from Middle East operations.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 June 2026

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