The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word POSIT , but the solution may also be ADOPT which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Assume crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POSIT | 26 % | 5 |
| ADOPT | 21 % | 5 |
| PUTON | 11 % | 5 |
| TAKE | 8 % | 4 |
| SUPPOSE | 6 % | 7 |
| DARESAY | 6 % | 7 |
| ENDUE | 6 % | 5 |
| TAKEON | 6 % | 6 |
| DON | 2 % | 3 |
| TOPO | 2 % | 4 |
| SIMULATE | 2 % | 8 |
| SAY | 2 % | 3 |
| USURP | 2 % | 5 |
| UNDERTAKE | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Assume
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- presume
- take for granted
- accept
- simulate
- take on
- acquire
- feign
- get into
- sham
- arrogate
- usurp
- take
Crossword Answer definitions
POSIT noun- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- Assume the existence of; to postulate.
- Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
- Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
- A place or location.
- A post of employment; a job.
- A status or rank.
- An opinion, stand or stance.
- A posture.
- (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution.
- A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result POSIT
- Assume
- Put forth
- Take as a given
- Propose as an explanation
- Situate
- Hypothesize
- Put philosophically
- Assume as a fact
- Assume as fact
- Assume for the sake of argument
More clues leading to the result ADOPT
- Add to the family, in a way
- Assume
- Take on
- Take up, as a cause
- Take as one's own
- "__ the mornin'!"
- Go out of the pool for, say?
- Bring in, as a boxer to one's home
- Take in
- Bring home from the shelter
More clues leading to the result PUTON
More clues leading to the result TAKE
- On the ____ (accepting bribes)
- Gate receipts
- Give's partner
- Ingest, as medicine
- "____this Job and Shove It"
- "___my wife. Please."
- Accept
- Accept uncomplainingly
- Pickings
- On the __ (accepting bribes)
More clues leading to the result SUPPOSE
- Guess
- Guess so
- Start of a hypothetical
- Start of a hypothetical phrase
- "Consider this"
- "Just imagine ... "
- For the sake of argument
- Believe.
- Assume.
- Conjecture.
More clues leading to the result DARESAY
- Assume
- Think likely
- Think probable
- Venture to utter
- Suppose
- Hazard an option
- Presume
- Assume as probable
- Venture to express
- Think it likely
More clues leading to the result ENDUE
- Invest with a trait
- Provide with a trait
- Bestow
- Provide
- Provide with a characteristic
- Bestow upon, as abilities
- Invest (with)
- Invest, as with a quality
- Provide, as with power
- Transfuse
More clues leading to the result TAKEON
- Deal with
- Hire
- Assume responsibility for
- Challenge
- Adopt
- Shoulder, as a task
- Assume, as responsibility
- Bring aboard
- Battle
- Go up against
More clues leading to the result DON
- Opposite of remove
- Tutor
- Comedian Rickles
- Head of a syndicate
- Put on
- Syndicate head
- Underworld honorific
- "Stop right there!"
- Violent boss
- W(h)ea(t noodle se)r(ved in Japan)
More clues leading to the result TOPO
- "__ the mornin'!"
- Assume
- "__ the mornin'"
- TV mouse ___ Gigio
- Hiker's map, for short
- "___ the mornin'!"
- "The Ed Sullivan Show" character ___ Gigio
- ___ Gigio ("Ed Sullivan Show" mouse)
- ___ Gigio (old TV mouse)
- ___ Gigio (TV mouse)
More clues leading to the result SIMULATE
More clues leading to the result SAY
- Utter
- "By the way, ..."
- For example
- Two cents
- State
- Verbalize
- "So, um, about that thing ..."
- Pronounce
- "Come to think of it ..."
- "That's really something!"
More clues leading to the result USURP
- Appropriate
- Seize and hold
- Take by force
- Assume by force
- Commandeer
- Seize
- Ignore copyrights
- Stage a hostile takeover
- Preempt
- Seize, as the throne