CONJECTURE Synonyms

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• an estimate based on little or no information

• expect, believe, or suppose

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• guess correctly; solve by guessing

• a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• a hypothesis that is taken for granted

• the cognitive process of supposing

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• infer from incomplete evidence

• imagine to be the case or true or probable

• a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

• celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church

• a hypothesis that is taken for granted

• (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

• the act of taking possession of or power over something

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• the act of assuming or taking for granted

• the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

• (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

• a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

• an assumption that is taken for granted

• (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming

• a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a belief that can guide behavior

• pledge without delivery or title of possession

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion

• reflect deeply on a subject

• invest at a risk

• express a supposition

• expect, believe, or suppose

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

• require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• construct a theory about

• form or construct theories