Surmise
101thought — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mental activity Nouns 1. thought, thoughtfulness; reflection, cogitation, consideration, meditation, study, lucubration, speculation, deliberation, pondering; head work, brainwork; cerebration; deep… …
102suppose — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. conjecture, surmise, deem, think, reckon*; see also assume 1 , guess 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. assume, presume, figure, expect, think, guess, imagine, reckon, suspect, theorize, believe, conclude, understand. III …
103Belief — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Belief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 belief belief Sgm: N 1 credence credence Sgm: N 1 credit credit Sgm: N 1 assurance assurance Sgm: N 1 faith faith trust troth …
104conjecture — [[t]kənʤe̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] conjectures, conjecturing, conjectured 1) N VAR A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete. [FORMAL] That was a conjecture, not a fact... There are several conjectures... The… …
105divine — I. a. 1. Godlike, superhuman. 2. Sacred, holy, spiritual, heavenly, celestial, angelic, seraphic. 3. Pertaining, belonging or due to God, coming from God. 4. Rapturous, supreme, transcendent, exalted, exalting. II. n. 1. Minister, priest,… …
106conjecture — 1. noun the information is merely conjecture Syn: speculation, guesswork, surmise, fancy, presumption, assumption, theory, postulation, supposition; inference, (an) extrapolation; an estimate; informal a guesstimate, a shot in the dark, a… …
107guess — 1. verb 1) he guessed she was about 40 Syn: estimate, hazard a guess, reckon, gauge, judge, calculate; hypothesize, postulate, predict, speculate, conjecture, surmise; informal guesstimate 2) informal I guess I owe you an apology …
108premise — 1. noun the premise that human life consists of a series of choices Syn: proposition, assumption, hypothesis, thesis, presupposition, postulation, postulate, supposition, presumption, surmise, conjecture, speculation, assertion, belief 2. verb… …
109guess — vb *conjecture, surmise Analogous words: speculate, *think, reason: imagine, fancy (see THINK): gather, *infer, deduce: estimate, reckon (see CALCULATE) guess n conjecture, surmise (see under …
110infer — infer, deduce, conclude, judge, gather are comparable when they mean to arrive at by reasoning from evidence or from premises. All except gather are so clearly differentiated in logical use that these distinctions tend to be retained in general… …
