surmise
verb
[ səˈmʌɪz ]
• suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
• "he surmised that something must be wrong"
Similar:
guess,
conjecture,
suspect,
deduce,
infer,
come to the conclusion,
conclude,
theorize,
speculate,
glean,
divine,
assume,
presume,
suppose,
understand,
gather,
feel,
have a sneaking suspicion,
hazard a guess,
sense,
be of the opinion,
think,
believe,
imagine,
judge,
fancy,
reckon,
opine,
surmise
noun
• a supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it.
• "Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘formal allegation’ and ‘allege formally’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre ‘accuse’, from late Latin supermittere ‘put in afterwards’, from super- ‘over’ + mittere ‘send’.
