DARESAID Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

daresaid

verb

past tense of daresay

as in guessed

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

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Some of the other players guessed the palette was lip liner or foundation.

— Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Queen Elizabeth in particular loved wearing pearl pieces, which the outlet guessed likely stemmed from King George VI’s sweet tradition of giving his two daughters a pair of pearls every year for their birthdays.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 July 2026

Definition of guessed

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Keynes assumed that once material scarcity eased, human beings would naturally turn towards the art of living.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
All because voters assumed that simply reaching the SEC Championship Game and beating Georgia was an unimaginable accomplishment.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of assumed

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By late 2025, China’s real estate crash had erased roughly $18 trillion in household wealth — from the one asset that was never supposed to fall.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
The film is also playing a one-week awards qualifying run in theaters in New York and Los Angeles in lieu of the full theatrical release it was originally supposed to get.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of supposed

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Pitera was a mob enforcer for the Bonanno crime family and was suspected of 60 murders prior to his 1992 incarceration.

— Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026
Except none of it was true — and the real perpetrator behind the madness wasn’t who anyone suspected.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of suspected

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Also not returning is Joseph Fiennes as Sherlock’s father Silas Holmes who jumped off a cliff in the Season 1 finale and was presumed — but not confirmed — dead.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 July 2026
As previously announced, the Grammys are introducing a Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, where BTS would be presumed front-runners.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 July 2026

Definition of presumed

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The Cockroach Janta Party has achieved what few thought possible.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
The strike ballot comes during one of Britain’s hottest summers on record and is thought to be among the first centered specifically on workplace conditions during a heatwave.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 July 2026

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