supposition
supposition is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false. Tillotson. He means are in supposition. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adage
- admitted
- analogy
- aphorism
- aphoristic
- apophthegm
- apothegm
- approximation
- association
- assumed
- assumption
- axiom
- axiomatic
- bare
- belief
- blue
- byword
- common
- commonplace
- conceit
- conclusion
- condition
- conjecture
- dark
- data
- dictum
- divination
- estimate
- fact
- faith
- first
- formula
- gnomic
- golden
- guess
- guesswork
- hint
- hypothesis
- idea
- imagination
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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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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