Conjecture synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
To make a judgment about (something) without sufficient evidence; guess:
Something inferred.
(Popularly) A mere conjecture, or guess
A conjecture arrived at by guessing.
To believe, think, guess, etc.
hypothesis (related)
Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption.
Inclined to make conjectures
(Philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
(Mathematics) Of or being the coefficient of the imaginary unit in a complex number.
Of, relating to, or characterized by conjecture; conjectural.
The definition of theoretical is something that is based on an assumption or opinion.
Faith, esp. religious faith
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The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
think (related)
To call to mind; remember:
To conceive is to get pregnant, to coming up with a plan or to imagine something.
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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To suppose or believe:
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
(US) to hypothesise
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
To have a notion of or about without adequate foundation; fancy or believe:
To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.) [from 16th c.]
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to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
To opine is to share your thoughts or opinion.
Plot means to plan something.
To require or involve necessarily as an antecedent condition:
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
To believe to be bad, wrong, harmful, questionable, etc.; distrust
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(Informal, Dial.) To suspect
To form a theory or theories; speculate
To survey or study mentally; consider:
fact (antonym)
Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed:
proof (antonym)
(Law) The establishment of the truth or falsity of an allegation by evidence.
truth (antonym)
Sincerity; integrity:
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prove (antonym)
To prove is to demonstrate or establish that something is true or to show certain abilities.
A judgment, result, etc. arrived at by guessing
Speculate is to buy or sell land or other investments that are high risk, with the goal to make a very big profit.
To pledge (property) to another as security without transferring possession or title
postulate (related)
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generalisation (related)
a priori (related)
theorem (related)
assertion (related)
posit (related)
axiom (related)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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The act of postulating or something postulated
The definition of a presumption is an acceptance of something as true without proof, or an attitude of superiority.
supposition.--v. surmise
Abstract reasoning
The definition of thought is the act of thinking, or the outcome of mental activity.
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
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