| Main Entry: | conjecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
Synonyms: |
assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted, theorize, think |
Antonyms: |
prove |
| Main Entry: | predict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express an outcome in advance |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, anticipate, augur, be afraid, call, call it, conclude, conjecture, croak, crystal-ball divine, envision, figure, figure out, forebode, forecast, foresee, forespeak, foretell, gather, guess, have a hunch, hazard a guess, infer, judge, make book, omen, portend, presage, presume, prognosticate, prophesy, psych out, read, see coming, see handwriting on wall, size up, soothsay, suppose, surmise, telegraph, think, vaticinate |
| Main Entry: | speculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about deeply and theorize |
Synonyms: |
beat one's brains, brainstorm*, build castles in air, call it, call the turn, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dope out, dope*, excogitate, figure, figure out*, guess, guesstimate, have a hunch, hazard a guess, head trip, hypothesize, kick around, meditate, muse, pipe-dream, psych out, read, read between lines, reason, reflect, review, ruminate, run it up flagpole, scheme, size up, study, suppose, surmise, suspect, weigh, wonder |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | suppose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume, guess |
Synonyms: |
accept, admit, brainstorm, calculate, conjecture, cook up, dare-say, deem, divine, dream, estimate, expect, figure, go out on a limb, grant, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, opine, posit, predicate, presume, presuppose, pretend, spark, speculate, surmise, suspect, take, take for granted, theorize, think, understand |
Antonyms: |
calculate, know, measure |
| Main Entry: | surmise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to a conclusion |
Synonyms: |
assume, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, fancy, guess, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, opine, presume, pretend, regard, risk assuming, speculate, suppose, suspect, take a shot, take a stab, theorize, think, venture a guess |
| Notes: | demise is the time when something ends or death; surmise is a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete or little evidence |
Antonyms: |
question, wonder |
| Main Entry: | suspect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distrust; guess |
Synonyms: |
assume, be afraid, believe, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, disbelieve, doubt, expect, feel, gather, harbor suspicion, have a hunch, have doubt, have sneaking suspicion, hazard a guess, hold, imagine, mistrust, presume, reckon, smell a rat, speculate, suppose, surmise, think, think probable, understand, wonder |
Antonyms: |
know, trust |