This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Learn more

Conjecture synonyms

Sorting by
Votes
inference
(Countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
1
0
  1. (Countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
  2. The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true.
  3. The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
theory
A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment:
1
0
  1. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment:
  2. Abstract reasoning; speculation:
  3. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice:
guess
An act or instance of guessing.
1
0
  1. An act or instance of guessing.
  2. A judgment or estimate formed by guessing; conjecture; surmise
  3. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
suppose
To imagine; conjecture.
0
0
  1. To imagine; conjecture.
  2. To consider to be probable or likely:
  3. To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation:
speculate
To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize.
0
0
  1. To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize.
  2. To buy or sell stocks, commodities, land, etc., usually in the face of higher than ordinary risk, hoping to take advantage of an expected rise or fall in price; also, to take part in any risky venture on the chance of making huge profits
  3. To think about the various aspects of a given subject; meditate; ponder; esp., to conjecture
surmise
To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.
0
0
  1. To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.
  2. To make a judgment about (something) without sufficient evidence; guess:
  3. To imagine or infer (something) without conclusive evidence; conjecture; guess
speculation
Reasoning based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or supposition.
0
0
  1. Reasoning based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or supposition.
  2. (--- Archaic) Contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation.
  3. A conclusion, opinion, or theory reached by conjecture.
theory
A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment:
0
0
  1. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment:
  2. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice:
  3. Abstract reasoning; speculation:
guess
An act or instance of guessing.
0
0
  1. An act or instance of guessing.
  2. A conjecture arrived at by guessing.
  3. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
guesswork
The process of making guesses.
0
0
  1. The process of making guesses.
  2. An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
  3. A judgment, result, etc. arrived at by guessing
speculation
A conclusion, opinion, or theory reached by conjecture.
0
0
  1. A conclusion, opinion, or theory reached by conjecture.
  2. (--- Archaic) Contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation.
  3. A thought or conjecture
supposition
The act of supposing.
0
0
  1. The act of supposing.
  2. Something supposed; assumption; hypothesis
surmise
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
0
0
  1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
  2. An idea or opinion formed from evidence that is neither positive nor conclusive; conjecture; guess
  3. Reflection; thought; posit.
guess
To form a correct estimate or conjecture of:
0
0
  1. To form a correct estimate or conjecture of:
  2. To form a judgment or estimate of (something) without actual knowledge or enough facts for certainty; conjecture; surmise
  3. To think or suppose
infer
(Obs.) To bring on or about; cause; induce
0
0
  1. (Obs.) To bring on or about; cause; induce
  2. To involve by logical necessity; entail:
  3. To conclude or decide from something known or assumed; derive by reasoning; draw as a conclusion
speculate
To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit.
0
0
  1. To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit.
  2. To buy or sell stocks, commodities, land, etc., usually in the face of higher than ordinary risk, hoping to take advantage of an expected rise or fall in price; also, to take part in any risky venture on the chance of making huge profits
  3. To think about the various aspects of a given subject; meditate; ponder; esp., to conjecture
suppose
To imagine; conjecture.
0
0
  1. To imagine; conjecture.
  2. To consider to be probable or likely:
  3. To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation:
surmise
To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.
0
0
  1. To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.
  2. To make a judgment about (something) without sufficient evidence; guess:
  3. To say (something) as a guess or conjecture.
Find another word for conjecture. In this page you can discover 28 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for conjecture, like: inference, theory, guess, assume, suppose, speculate, surmise, guess, hypothesis, opinion and guess.

Sentence Examples

  • Life is constant probing and testing, conjecture and refutation.

  • I have never counted the number of posts, but I conjecture that there are less than five.

  • We have to conjecture what the Board's reasons were.

  • If a conjecture is realized it is very difficult to see how it remains a conjecture.

  • As this business was to be entered into without the usual capital, it may not be easy to conjecture where those means, that will still be indispensable to every such undertaking, were to be obtained.

More sentences →

Words that mention conjecture in the Dictionary

Words near conjecture in the Thesaurus