'opine' definitions:

Definition of 'opine'

verb

Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting" [syn: opine, speak up, speak out, animadvert, sound off]

verb

Expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]

Synonyms of 'opine'

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account,
account as,
adjudge,
adjudicate,
allow,
allude to,
assume,
be afraid,
be judicious,
believe,
blurt,
blurt out,
call attention to,
comment,
conceive,
conclude,
consider,
count,
daresay,
deduce,
deem,
divine,
dream,
esteem,
estimate,
exclaim,
exercise judgment,
expect,
express an opinion,
fancy,
feel,
form an opinion,
gather,
grant,
guess,
have a hunch,
have an idea,
have an impression,
have an inkling,
have the idea,
hold,
hold as,
imagine,
infer,
interject,
judge,
let,
let be,
let drop,
let fall,
look upon as,
maintain,
make reference to,
mention,
muse,
note,
observe,
pine,
prefigure,
presume,
presuppose,
presurmise,
provisionally accept,
reckon,
refer to,
reflect,
regard,
remark,
repute,
say,
set down as,
speak,
suppose,
surmise,
suspect,
take,
take for,
take for granted,
take it,
take to be,
think,
think of,
trow,
understand,
view as,
ween