conjecture
conjecture is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell. Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton.
- 2.To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South.
- 3.To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- analogy
- approximation
- association
- assumed
- assumption
- bare
- belief
- blue
- conceit
- condition
- dark
- data
- divination
- estimate
- guess
- guesswork
- hint
- hypothesis
- idea
- imagination
- impression
- inkling
- intimation
- invention
- loose
- metaphor
- metonymy
- nearness
- notion
- original
- plan
- position
- postulate
- postulation
- postulatum
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposal
- proposition
- rough
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is conjecture.
- What is to arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South called?
- What is to make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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