SPECULATES Synonyms

• take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

• occupy or take on

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

• make a pretence of

• take up someone's soul into heaven

• put clothing on one's body

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

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• 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

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• reason by deduction; establish by deduction

• draw from specific cases for more general cases

• conclude by reasoning; in logic

• guess correctly; solve by guessing

• believe to be the case

• express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

• expect, believe, or suppose

• (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 to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

• take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission

• constitute reasonable evidence for

• take liberties or act with too much confidence

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• the state of having good sense and sound judgment

• a justification for something existing or happening

• a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion

• decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

• present reasons and arguments

• think logically

• 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

• make a proposal, declare a plan for something

• drop a hint; intimate by a hint

• imply as a possibility

• call to mind

• 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

• construct a theory about

• form or construct theories

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

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

• consider as a possibility

• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• reflect deeply on a subject

• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

• reflect deeply on a subject

• pledge without delivery or title of possession

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds