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| 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 |
| Notes: | demise is the time when something ends or death; surmise is a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete or little evidence |
| Antonyms: | calculation, knowledge, measurement |
| Main Entry: | surmise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | assume, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, fancy, guess, imagine, infer, opine, presume, pretend, regard, speculate, suppose, suspect, theorize, think, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, risk assuming, take a shot, take a stab, venture a guess |
| Antonyms: | question, wonder |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conjecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
| Synonyms: | assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | prove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a determination; settle an issue |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, agree, award, choose, cinch, clinch, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, elect, end, establish, figure, gather, guess, judge, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, tap, vote, will, arrive at conclusion, call shots, cast the die, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, draw a conclusion, fix upon, form opinion, go down line, have final word, make a decision, make up mind, reach decision, take a stand |
| Antonyms: | defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait |
| Main Entry: | deduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assume, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, reason, regard, surmise, add up, be afraid, boil down, have a hunch, ratiocinate, read into, take to mean |
| Main Entry: | deem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard, consider |
| Synonyms: | account, allow, appraise, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view, be afraid, daresay, set store by |
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prophesy |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, forebode, foresee, foretell, guess, infer, perceive, predict, prognosticate, see, suppose, surmise, suspect, understand, visualize, forefeel, foreknow, go out on a limb, intuit, previse, see in the cards, take a shot, take a stab |
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lack confidence in; question |
| Synonyms: | challenge, demur, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, fear, fluctuate, hesitate, imagine, impugn, insinuate, mistrust, query, scruple, shilly-shally*, surmise, suspect, vacillate, waver, be apprehensive of, be curious, be dubious, be in a quandary, be puzzled, be uncertain, be undetermined, call in question, give no credence, harbor suspicion, have qualms, misdoubt, misgive, not buy, read differently, skepticize, smell a rat, take dim view of, wonder at |
| Antonyms: | believe, rely, trust, be certain, not question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approximate calculation; educated guess |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assay, assessment, ballpark figure*, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, evaluation, guess, impression, judgment, measure, measurement, mensuration, opinion, point of view, projection, rating, reckoning, stock, surmise, survey, thought, valuation, appraisement, gauging, guesstimate, sizing up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guess, try to value |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, gauge, guess, judge, look into, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, scheme, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, calculate roughly, form opinion, guesstimate, look upon, run over, set a figure, size up*, think through* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, guess |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, anticipate, augur, calculate, conclude, conjecture, demonstrate, determine, divine, estimate, figure, foresee, foretell, gather, gauge, infer, plan, portend, predetermine, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, reason, surmise, call the turn, dope out*, figure out*, in the cards, see it coming, soothsay, telegraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to figure out; imagine |
| Synonyms: | believe, calculate, chance, conjecture, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, fancy*, fathom, hazard*, infer, judge, opine, penetrate, pick, postulate, predicate, predict, presume, pretend, reason, reckon, select, solve, speculate, suggest, suppose, surmise, survey, suspect, theorize, think, venture, work out*, dare say, go out on a limb, guesstimate, happen upon, hypothesize, jump to a conclusion, lump it, size up*, take a shot at, take a stab at, think likely |
| Antonyms: | calculate, measure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for, dream about |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, aspire, assume, await, believe, cherish, contemplate, count on, desire, expect, foresee, hold, pray, presume, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat*, trust, wish, be sure of, deem likely, depend on, feel confident, hang in, have faith, keep fingers crossed, knock on wood, look at sunny side, look forward to, promise oneself, sweat it, sweat it out, take heart, think to, watch for |
| Antonyms: | despair, disbelieve, fear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conclude |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, assume, believe, collect, conjecture, construe, deduce, derive, draw, figure, gather, glean, guess, induce, interpret, judge, presume, presuppose, reason, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise, think, understand, arrive at, draw inference, figure out, intuit, reach conclusion, read between lines, read into |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, misconceive |
| Main Entry: | opine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think |
| Synonyms: | believe, conceive, conclude, declare, feel, guess, imagine, judge, presume, say, suggest, suppose, surmise, venture, express an opinion |
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