Conjecture

Noun

 * 1)  A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
 * 2)  A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
 * 3)  A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally.
 * 4)  Interpretation of signs and omens.

Verb

 * 1)  To guess; to venture an unproven idea.

Adjectives for Conjecture
whispered; frail; simple; stimulating; vague; languid; rational; bewildered; shrewd; right; straining; probable; plausible; sanguine; hurried; vacillating; speculative; half-hinted; serious; wild; cynical; fruitless; premature; alarming; vague.

Verbs for Conjecture
absorb in—; base on—; cast—; conclude from—; form—; gather from—; infer from—; inject—; judge on—; offer—; propose—; scoff at—; scorn—; throw—; —guesses; —puzzles; —surmises.

Synonyms for Conjecture
guess, theory, speculation, presumption, inference, surmise, assumption, hypothesis, supposition, fancy, conception.

Antonyms for Conjecture
certainty, fact, truth

Thesaurus
assume, assumption, axiom, believe, blind guess, bold conjecture, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel, gather, give a guess, glean, guess, guesswork, hazard a conjecture, hunch, hypothesis, imagine, infer, inference, judge, perhaps, postulate, postulation, postulatum, premise, presume, presumption, presupposal, presupposition, pretend, proposition, risk assuming, rough guess, set of postulates, shot, speculation, stab, supposal, suppose, supposing, supposition, surmise, suspect, take for granted, tentatively suggest, thesis, think, unverified supposition, venture a guess, wild guess, working hypothesis

Etymology
From coniectura:, from coniectus:, perfect passive participle of conicio:, from con-: + iacio:; see jet. Compare adjective, eject, inject, project, reject, subject, object, trajectory.

Related terms
conject, conjectural

Noun

 * Bulgarian: предположение
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: gissing, giswerk
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German:, , Mutmaßung
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:, , , ,
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ipoteză, presupunere
 * Russian: предположение, догадка
 * Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse, barail, tomhas
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: догадка
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Romanian: ipoteză


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse, barail, tomhas
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: förmodan,


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: השערה
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:


 * Romanian: supoziție, teoremă
 * Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse, barail
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: förmodan

Verb

 * Bulgarian: предполагам
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,


 * Japanese: 推測する (suisoku suru)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, предполагать
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) conjecture