conjecture
noun
[ kənˈdʒɛktʃə ]
• an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
• "conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied"
Similar:
guess,
speculation,
surmise,
fancy,
notion,
belief,
suspicion,
presumption,
assumption,
theory,
hypothesis,
postulation,
supposition,
inference,
extrapolation,
projection,
approximation,
estimate,
rough calculation,
rough idea,
guesswork,
guessing,
surmising,
imagining,
theorizing,
guesstimate,
shot in the dark,
ballpark figure,
conjecture
verb
• form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.
• "many conjectured that the jury could not agree"
Similar:
guess,
speculate,
surmise,
infer,
fancy,
imagine,
believe,
think,
suspect,
presume,
assume,
hypothesize,
take as a hypothesis,
theorize,
form/formulate a theory,
suppose,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘to divine’ and ‘divination’): from Old French, or from Latin conjectura, from conicere ‘put together in thought’, from con- ‘together’ + jacere ‘throw’.
