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supposition - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: supposition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: guess, belief
Synonyms: assumption, condition, conjecture, doubt, guessing, hunch, hypothesis, idea, likelihood, notion, opinion, postulate, premise, presumption, shot in the dark*, speculation, suppose, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view, apriorism, guesstimate, guesswork, posit, postulation, presupposition, rough guess, sneaking suspicion, stab in the dark
Antonyms: fact, knowledge, proof, reality
Main Entry: concept
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: idea
Synonyms: abstraction, apprehension, approach, conceit, conception, consideration, hypothesis, image, impression, notion, perception, slant, supposition, theory, thought, twist, view, wrinkle, big idea, brain wave, brainchild, conceptualization, fool notion, intellection
Notes: a concept is a more definite, more unitary, more complete type of notion than is a conception, which is more of an ideational structure with a potential for realization (rather like a schema)
Antonyms: being, concrete
Main Entry: conjecture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: speculation, assumption
Synonyms: conclusion, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, notion, opinion, perhaps, presumption, shot in the dark*, supposition, surmise, theory, guesstimate, guesswork, sneaking suspicion, stab in the dark, theorizing
Antonyms: fact, proof, reality, truth
Main Entry: expectancy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anticipation
Synonyms: assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward, waiting
Main Entry: expectation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, anticipation
Synonyms: apprehension, assumption, assurance, calculation, chance, confidence, conjecture, design, expectancy, fear, forecast, hope, intention, likelihood, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward
Main Entry: guess
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, speculation
Synonyms: assumption, ballpark figure*, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, divination, estimate, fancy, feeling, hunch*, hypothesis, induction, inference, judgment, notion, opinion, postulate, prediction, presumption, reckoning, shot*, shot in the dark*, stab*, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view, guesstimate, guesswork, postulation, presupposition, sneaking suspicion, supposal, surmisal
Antonyms: calculation, measurement
Main Entry: hypothesis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: theory
Synonyms: antecedent, assignment, assumption, axiom, basis, belief, conclusion, condition, conjecture, data, deduction, demonstration, derivation, explanation, foundation, ground, guess, inference, interpretation, layout, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, principle, proposal, proposition, rationale, reason, scheme, shot in the dark*, speculation, suggestion, supposition, surmise, system, term, theorem, thesis, apriority, attribution, lemma, presupposition, starting point, tentative law
Antonyms: measurement, proof, reality, truth, calcualtion
Main Entry: imagination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: power to create in one's mind
Synonyms: acuteness, artistry, awareness, chimera, cognition, conception, creation, creativity, enterprise, fabrication, fancy, fantasy, flight of fancy*, idea, illusion, image, imagery, ingenuity, insight, inspiration, intelligence, invention, notion, originality, realization, sally, supposition, thought, thoughtfulness, verve, vision, wit, creative thought, ideality, inventiveness, mental agility, perceptibility, resourcefulness, unreality, visualization, wittiness
Antonyms: being, entity, existence, material, reality, substance, truth
Main Entry: inference
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conclusion, deduction
Synonyms: assumption, conjecture, corollary, guess, hint, interpretation, presumption, reading, reasoning, supposition
Main Entry: premise
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hypothesis, argument
Synonyms: assertion, assumption, basis, evidence, ground, postulate, presumption, proof, proposition, supposition, thesis, apriorism, posit, postulation, presupposition
Antonyms: fact, reality, truth
Main Entry: rumor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: talk about supposed truth
Synonyms: breeze*, canard, comment, cry, dispatch, fabrication, falsehood, fame, fiction, gossip, grapevine*, hearsay, hoax, innuendo, intelligence, invention, lie, news, notoriety, report, rumble, scandal, scuttlebutt*, story, suggestion, supposition, tale, tattle, tidings, whisper, wire*, word, back-fence talk, bruit, earful, repute
Antonyms: truth
Main Entry: surmise
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: guess, conclusion
Synonyms: assumption, attempt, conjecture, deduction, hunch, hypothesis, idea, inference, notion, opinion, possibility, presumption, speculation, supposition, suspicion, theory, thought, guesstimate, guesswork, sneaking suspicion
Antonyms: calculation, knowledge, measurement
Main Entry: theory
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hypothesis, belief
Synonyms: approach, argument, assumption, base, basis, code, concept, conditions, conjecture, doctrine, dogma, feeling, foundation, grounds, guess, hunch, idea, ideology, impression, method, outlook, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, presentiment, presumption, proposal, provision, rationale, scheme, shot*, speculation, stab*, suppose, supposition, surmise, suspicion, system, theorem, thesis, understanding, codification, formularization, guesswork, supposal, systemization
Antonyms: certainty, fact, proof, reality
Main Entry: guessing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: guesswork
Synonyms: assuming, assumption, deduction, fancy, hunch, imagination, inference, opinion, predisposition, presuming, presumption, reckoning, speculation, supposition, surmise, guesswork, positing, postulating, theorizing
Main Entry: assumption
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: taking something for granted; something expected
Synonyms: acceptance, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, postulate, premise, presumption, shot*, shot in the dark*, stab, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory, accepting, posit, postulation, presupposition, sneaking suspicion, supposal, theorization
Antonyms: doubt, unexpected
Main Entry: presumption
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, hypothesis
Synonyms: anticipation, assumption, basis, chance, conjecture, grounds, guess, likelihood, opinion, postulate, premise, probability, reason, shot, shot in the dark*, stab, supposition, surmise, suspicion, thesis, apriorism, plausibility, posit, postulation, presupposition, sneaking suspicion
Antonyms: reality, truth
Main Entry: speculation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: theory, guess
Synonyms: belief, cogitation, conjecture, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, hunch, hypothesis, meditation, opinion, reflection, review, shot, shot in the dark*, stab, supposition, surmise, thinking, thought, weighing, brainwork, cerebration, excogitation, guesstimate, guesswork, sneaking suspicion, stab in the dark, studying
Antonyms: fact, information, reality, truth
Main Entry: suspicion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: doubt
Synonyms: conjecture, cynicism, distrust, dubiety, funny feeling*, guess, hunch, idea, impression, incertitude, incredulity, jealousy, misgiving, mistrust, notion, qualm, skepticism, supposition, surmise, uncertainty, wariness, wonder, bad vibes, chariness, dubiosity, guesswork, gut feeling, lack of confidence, nonbelief, sneaking suspicion
Antonyms: trust
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