conjecture

conjecture is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 27 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
2. transitive verb. To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
3. intransitive verb. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
4. noun. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
5. noun. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)

   "speculations about the outcome of the election"

   "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"

   Synonyms: speculation

6. noun. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

   Synonyms: guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise

7. verb. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

   Synonyms: hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize

Synonyms

speculation, guess, hypothesis, supposition, surmisal, surmise, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize

Common word forms

conjectured, conjecturer, conjectures, conjecturing

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