'Conjecture' definitions:
Definition of 'conjecture'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: speculation, conjecture]
noun
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis]
noun
Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
verb
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
Definition of 'Conjecture'
From: GCIDE
- Conjecture \Con*jec"ture\ (; 135?), n. [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. [1913 Webster]
- He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
- Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conjecture'
From: GCIDE
- Conjecture \Con*jec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjectured; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing.] [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. [1913 Webster]
- Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conjecture'
From: GCIDE
- Conjecture \Con*jec"ture\, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conjecture'
From: Moby 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