- conjecture
- n1. guess, surmise, speculation, Sl. shot in the dark; assumption, supposition, presupposition, premise, presumption; hypothesis, thesis, theory, postulate, postulation; augury, forecast.2. suspicion, inkling, feeling; intuition, divination, impression, fancy; attitude, way of thinking.3. judgment, conclusion, deduction, inference, thinking; conviction, persuasion, position; belief, credence, view, viewpoint, opinion, sentiment, mind.v4. guess, surmise, suspect; believe, think, fancy; imagine, envision, think up, dream up, make up, conjure up; infer, take it; assume, suppose, Archaic. trow, presuppose, presume, premise, take for granted; understand, gather, divine, intuit.5. postulate, posit, predicate, theorize, hypothesize, hypothecate; hint, intimate, allude to; predict, augur, prognosticate.6. maintain, assert, opine, hold, dare say; consider, regard, conceive, acknowledge, recognize; judge, deem, conclude, deduce.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.