surmise

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
surmise (noun)
a thought or idea based on scanty evidence - conjecture
surmise (verb)
transitive verb
to form a notion of from scanty evidence - imagine infer
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
surmise (noun)
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
SYNONYMS:
guess, shot, supposition, surmise
RELATED WORDS:
hypothesis, hypothetical, theory, thesis; dead reckoning, guessing, guesswork, speculation; hunch, intuition; belief, faith
surmise (verb)
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
SYNONYMS:
assume, conjecture, daresay, imagine, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, suspicion
RELATED WORDS:
conclude, deduce, gather, infer; hypothecate, hypothesize, theorize; believe, conceive, expect, judge, reckon [], take, think
NEAR ANTONYMS:
demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate, validate; ascertain, determine, find out, learn
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