CONJECTURING Synonyms

• an estimate based on little or no information

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• put before

• take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

• (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

• maintain or assert

• take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

• require as useful, just, or proper

• take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

• require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

• 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

• infer from incomplete evidence

• imagine to be the case or true or probable

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• construct a theory about

• form or construct theories

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)

• an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits

• continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature

• 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

• pledge without delivery or title of possession

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• 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

• 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

• a hypothesis that is taken for granted

• the cognitive process of supposing