deem[verb]Synonyms: consider, account, reckon, regard, view, feel, believe, credit, hold, know, sense, think
Related Idioms: hold to be true, take for granted
Related Words: conjecture,
guess,
surmise,
suspect,
suspicion,
understand,
allow,
assume,
believe,
calculate,
daresay,
divine,
expect,
presume,
suppose [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
deem /diːm/
verb [transitive not in progressive] formal[
Language: Old English;
Origin: deman]
to think of something in a particular way or as having a particular quality
Synonym : considerdeem that
They deemed that he was no longer capable of managing the business.deem something necessary/appropriate etc They were told to take whatever action they deemed necessary.be deemed to be something They were deemed to be illegal immigrants.be deemed to do something UK plans were deemed to infringe EU law. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲